I would appreciate it if Ms. Gravley would disclose the location of this fountain of wealth that flows from the government because, as a Native American, I have yet to find it. Robert Ketcheshawno of Shawnee, a Prairie Band Potawatomi tribal member, tackled Gravley's stereotyping of Native Americans. I have many good friends of Anglo-Euro descent and I cherish our relationships. Janet Draper of Noble offered an economics lesson. In fact, Indian businesses probably benefit non-Indians more than they benefit Indians.
Many workers get off public assistance, which lowers taxes.
They buy groceries, clothes, and other necessities at non-Indian businesses and pay taxes to the state of Oklahoma. Ms. Gravley's article upsets me to no end. For a number of years, I have stood by and read the News-Star as you published articles that are downright racist in nature toward the American Indians in this area. To my shame and outrage, I have not responded until today. Ms. Gravley's letter did serve to open an avenue for Native Americans to refute stereotypes and bring forward facts that, it is hoped, will educate and erase some degree of ignorance.