-=> Quoting LORRAINE PHILLIPS to JANE KELLEY <=-
 LP> Hi Jane...
 
 -> Those settlers who had kinship with the earth and all that is on it
 -> still get along with the native Indians, both here and in Canada.
 -> Those who look at pastures and calculate how many instant urban slums
 -> they can plant there do not.
 LP> I'm not trying to turn the tables on you...but I have to admit that
 LP> some of those calculating types are native Indians themselves.  I can't
 LP> blame them.  This city is growing and growing and overlaps with reserve
 LP> land. The housing market is booming.
 
 Lorraine's post reminded me...
 NAs around here are either building on their own reservation land, recently
 acquired trust lands or lands that are neither. Case in point is in Lincoln
 City. The Siletz want to build a housing development for their casino
 employees (and anyone else that wants to buy in the development, I suppose.)
 The land is land just like any other developer's, AFAIK. The big issue? The
 Siletz _want_ it to become trust land but also a part of Lincoln City with
 all its services. They are asking that they be allowed to pay as much or
 more than their fair share of the bill, however. The point is: they are
 still developing land.
 LP> reserves has been given over in part to residential development for
 LP> sale or lease (the ad didn't specify the terms).  When you have a lot
 LP> of land, why not sell or lease some of it?  Land is worth a lotta money
 LP> here.
 Why not? Is there some reason why NAS can't be business people, too? In 
act,
 around here they will tell you that in _that_ respect, they want to be just
 like everyone else. That's one of the big issues/concerns around here. NA
 owned businesses. How to get them started, how to run them, etc.
 
 BTW, speaking of businesses.... The local paper (largest circulation in
 Oregon) has an annual restaurant "contest". The winner this year specializes
 in Native American dishes and the owner's wife is Chippewa.  
 Jim
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