The Man Behind the Curtain

Remember the Oneida Nation? They're that group of gold-digging injuns who recently attacked the Washington Redskins for their name and were rebuffed by people with a smidgen of sense. Well, they've found a new wind to blow up their skirts: they are now building a casino called Yellow Brick Road Casino in Chittenango, New York, the birthplace of Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum. Why is that interesting?

“The Whites, by law of conquest, by justice of civilization, are masters of the American continent, and the best safety of the frontier settlements will be secured by the total annihilation of the few remaining Indians. Why not annihilation? Their glory has fled, their spirit broken, their manhood effaced; it’s better that they should die than live the miserable wretches that they are.” - L. Frank Baum, 1890

Can't make that shit up, Maynard. Still, amusing though you and I may find it, some of their fellow featherheads are less than tickled:

Ernestine Chasing Hawk, a descendant of th--

Hold on. Stop the tape for a second. Ernestine Chasing Hawk? Seriously? Confucious say: Woman who chase hawks trip over buffalo chips.

Okay, roll tape.

Ernestine Chasing Hawk, a descendant of the Wounded Knee victims, called the Oneida’s decision a betrayal... “Would the Jews build a casino to honor Adolph Hitler?”

Well... how much revenue we talking?