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Article: EDITORIAL: Wall Street Journal Unfair to California Indian Casino.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- May 24, 2002
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By Steven TeSam, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 24--As chairman of the Viejas Band, I was amazed and stunned by the story on Kumeyaay Casinos in San Diego County in the May 7 issue of the Wall Street Journal. I was stunned that such a positive story about tribal casino employment for documented Mexican Nationals, who cross the border to work in San Diego County, could be turned into such a negative piece about tribes as employers and business owners.
We Kumeyaays are in good company, as the Journal seems to have targeted everyone and anything in Indian country to complain about from outlawing Indian team ...