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SECTION 2 • PAGE 12. PLAI1NPEALER HERALD, WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 10,1984 Nation/World Gambling keeps Indian community together By United Press International BARAGA, Mich. - At first glance, the tavern Just north of town on U.S. 41 looks just like other roadhouses along the blacktop highways crossing the Upper Peninsula wilderness. <>- Fred Dakota knows otherwise. He believes money changing hands over the blackjack tables in the Pines Bar and Casino will keep , the Keweenaw Indian Community together. To the tiny Keweenaw reserva­ tion, gambling is a natural resource to be exploited. It began to reap rewards in 1981 when, with Dakota as tribal chairman, the tribe started high-stakes bingo games. The tribe's games draw customers because they are held on its federal reservation, which is not bound by state regulations. Like an estimated one-third of the 291 Indian tribes in the United States, Michigan's Indians have benefitted from exceeding state limits on bingo jackpots. "If it wasn't for our bingo, we would have been down the hole a long time ago," says tribe leader Myrtle Tolonen. "Bingo takes care of a lot of our tribal ex­ penses." Now, after examining the law, the Keweenaws and two other Michigan tribes are expanding in­ to casino gambling -- and into an untested area of state and federal law. There are some 1,000 Indians on the Keweenaw reservation and people say they are about evenly split when it comes to Dakota, 47. They either love him or hate him. Some dislike his casino, but none question the need for bingo. Dakota weqt out as head of the reservation in December, with the tribe's first casino license in hand. The next month he opened up with a few blackjack tables in a two- stall garage. His operation caused enough dissension to force a tribal referendum on gambling. Two- thirds gave their OK in May and Dakota moved to larger quarters on July 4. Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley and the Justice Department responded in September with a civil suit against casino gambling. The suit does not seek to prohibit Indian bingo, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs says itrdoes not know of tribes in any other states involved in casino activities. The tribe and Dakota are to ap­ pear in Marquette federal court Oct. 9 to argue against a court order that would close the Pines and bar the tribe from issuing fur­ ther gaming licenses. Two other tribes, the Bay Mills Indian Com­ munity and Grand Traverse Band, also hold blackjack and dice games. Dan Loepp of the At­ torney General's office said those tribes were not named as defen­ dants because gaming proceeds are returned to the tribe instead of individual businessmen. This means the Bay Mills and Grand Traverse games benefit the equivalent of a non-profit group, in the eyes of the law. The Keewenaw, in contrast, are issuing a license to an individual, Dakota. But some members of the other tribes predict the state will go after their games if Dakota's operation is struck down. Like most of the fiercely in­ dependent residents of the Upper Peninsula, the 1,300 or so people who live in Baraga are inclined to live and let live. But if there is a consensus among the few who oppose gambl­ ing, it is that Indians should not be allowed to operate a casino if others cannot. "Why can they do it when other people can't?" Asked one Anglo resident, who requested anonymi­ ty. "I haven't heard much about moral- complaints. We've had bingo for years; the state has the lottery." When an individual state allows any activity, including gambling, those living on federal property are generally allowed .to par­ ticipate without the regulations that state might impose. Michigan allows non-profit groups to sponsor "Las Vegas Nights" that feature blackjack, craps and other casino games. "The state permits casino-type gambling under certain condi-. tions. The tribe says that is a regulatory scheme (instead of a flat prohibition)," says Garfield. Hood, the attorney representing the Keweenaw tribe. One reason so few of Dakota's neighbors are willing to criticize his casino is that the Upper Penin­ sula is in dire need of economic ac­ tivity of any sort. Unemployment among the Keweenaws runs at 50 percent or higher. Across the Up­ per Peninsula, the jobless rate dips during the summer tourist season but always hovers in the high teens or above in the winter: Canadians develop lexicon for the Canadian natives By United Press International QUEBEC -- How /do you translate a word like "ketchup" to people who have never seen a tomato? Problems like this have long challenged missionaries and southern Canadians who have worked with Inuit, the native peo­ ple living in the far north beyond the tree line. (Previously they were referred to as Eskimos but the term Inuit, which means "the people," is their preference now.) Although individuals had done extensive work translating English to Inuktitut, the language of Inuit, and vice versa, no one had ever compiled a formal, com­ plete dictionary. Now, Laval University an­ thropology professor Louis- Jacques Dorais, who has spent 20 years in northern Quebec and Labrador documenting Inuit lifestyle and culture, has just com­ pleted "An Analytic Lexicon of Modern Inuktitut" in both French and English. The lexicon, published by his university's press, deals with the spoken version of Inuktitut. The written language uses small sym­ bols. Life changes for Olympic stars I \ T A V ENTER By United Press International NEW YORK - A week and a half after the Olympics, Peter Vidmar went up to tfils restaurant in Santa Barbara just to get away from it all. Everyone stood up and clapped and wanted to buy him dinner. It was a big change. He was used to being treated like just some guy on the street. Peter Vidmar was captain of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. He told us this story when we got to meet him and the other American medalists at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, where they were staying after the Olym­ pics. Sometimes we felt like we were talking to fellow students. They were so close to our age. And we were shocke&lhat they seemed to be just like regular teenagers. Most of them didn't seem to realize that if they endorsed one pair of sneakers they'd be like millionaires or something. It was a happy atmosphere and the athletes seemed happy winn­ ing medals for their country. There was one who we saw with his medal out, holding it like a showoff. ' There were press people runn­ ing all over and everyone was ask­ ing for autographs and all that. But for some reason we just felt relaxed. Of course we were really crazy and ecstatic and wild when we got a chance to meet them. But instead of going, "Oh let me rip the Nike stripe off your sneakers" and all that, we just felt like we wanted to get to know the athletes. One thing we wanted to know was how they feel about being role models now and having the younger generation think of them as some kind of idols. It'a a very special thing to all of a sudden become a big celebrity all over the world. The gymnasts were happy because they're bringing a lot more interest into gymnastics. Tim Daggett from the men's gym­ nastics team feels that now that his team won the gold medal, men's gymnastics will be better known and more kids will want to doit. "The reason why kids go out and play baseball, football or basket­ ball," he said, "is because every day they turn on the television and see a superstar. But now, U.S. boys not only have one superstar, they have all six of us on a team to look up to." Pam McGee was on the women's basketball team that got a gold. She told us, "If someone can look up to me and I can be a positive role model for younger kids, I'm ecstatic." 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