Wash. resort fights collection of property tax

The owners of the Chehalis tribes Great Wolf Lodge at Grand Mound, Wash., have gone to federal court to prevent Thurston County from assessing the resort for property taxes.

[Church Slave]

I think they need to pay up!
The company that owns half the lodge is not exempt from paying taxes so.

Pay Up!!

End of story as far as I'm concerned.
I don't happen to agree that the Indians should be exempt from taxes but that is another matter.

[jeff]

I think that if the tribes won't to be a soverign nation then they need to stay on reservation land. If they won't to operate in the real world then they need to live by the same rules as everyone else.I would be dissappointed in the state for not going after them for the revenue due the state.GO GET THE MONEY AND DON'T GIVE THEM A FREE RIDE.THE DAYS OF A NATION WITHIN A NATION ARE OVER

[Church Slave]

jeff wrote:

I think that if the tribes won't to be a soverign nation then they need to stay on reservation land. If they won't to operate in the real world then they need to live by the same rules as everyone else.I would be dissappointed in the state for not going after them for the revenue due the state.GO GET THE MONEY AND DON'T GIVE THEM A FREE RIDE.THE DAYS OF A NATION WITHIN A NATION ARE OVER

You are right. I think we should charge Indians entry fees to enter into the United States and the fees should be based upon Disneyland's fee schedule because our country is awesome and at least as interesting as a theme park.

A one day pass into one state in the United States would be $59.00 per day.

If they want to visit 2 or more states the fee would be $84.00 per day but of course multi-day tickets would also be available at substantial savings.

[Tribal girl]

Uh....Earth to Church Slave, indians were here WAYYYYY before your ancestors even thought about crossing the Atlantic and moving into OUR Land!! So money and property seems to be the issue here so, paybacks are a @#$%!!

[Church Slave]

Tribal girl wrote:

Uh....Earth to Church Slave, indians were here WAYYYYY before your ancestors even thought about crossing the Atlantic and moving into OUR Land!! So money and property seems to be the issue here so, paybacks are a @#$%!!

But they never formed a nation. They were beasts.
Yes they did weave baskets but that was the cutting edge of their technology. They didn't even know about the wheel.

We have a modern nation that you are either a part of or you are not. When you live in the past you do it at the expence of your future.
I want equal opportinity for all Americans but the ones that sit on their reservation drinking beers all day don't deserve anyone's respect.

Burp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[Rogerg]

Bradley and Stanford argue that at the time of the Last Glacial Maximum, ca 25,000-15,000 radiocarbon years ago, the Iberian peninsula of Europe became a steppe-tundra, forcing Solutrean populations to the coasts. Maritime hunters then traveled northward along the ice margin up the European coast and around the North Atlantic Sea. They point out that the perennial Arctic ice at the time would have formed an ice bridge connecting Europe and North America. Ice margins have intense biological productivity, and would have provided a major food source.
Cultural Similarities

Bradley and Stanford further point out that there are similarities in the stone tools. Bifaces are systematically thinned with an overshot flaking method in both Solutrean and Clovis cultures. Solutrean leaf-shaped points are similar in outline and some (but not all) Clovis construction techniques. Further, Clovis assemblages often include a cylindrical ivory shaft or point made from mammoth tusk or long bones of bison. Other bone tools were often included in both assemblages, such as needles and bone shaft straighteners.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/skthroughsp/q...

[Church Slave]

Rogerg wrote:

Bradley and Stanford argue that at the time of the Last Glacial Maximum, ca 25,000-15,000 radiocarbon years ago, the Iberian peninsula of Europe became a steppe-tundra, forcing Solutrean populations to the coasts. Maritime hunters then traveled northward along the ice margin up the European coast and around the North Atlantic Sea. They point out that the perennial Arctic ice at the time would have formed an ice bridge connecting Europe and North America. Ice margins have intense biological productivity, and would have provided a major food source.
Cultural Similarities
Bradley and Stanford further point out that there are similarities in the stone tools. Bifaces are systematically thinned with an overshot flaking method in both Solutrean and Clovis cultures. Solutrean leaf-shaped points are similar in outline and some (but not all) Clovis construction techniques. Further, Clovis assemblages often include a cylindrical ivory shaft or point made from mammoth tusk or long bones of bison. Other bone tools were often included in both assemblages, such as needles and bone shaft straighteners.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/skthroughsp/q...

As always Roger- You never fail to impress. I suppose you have visited many a ruin in Mexico and south America. Are there any more lost cities to find?

I was amazed at the lost village in Utah that was revealed by a rancher that had kept it secret since the 50's

[Rogerg]

Now with satellite imagery they have recently found numerous cities of the Mayans in the vast jungles of Guatemala. It was so incredibly simple too. they "shaded" areas of particular plants that do not grow in a high alkaline area, these would be spots where limestone from buildings was leached into the surrounding soil.
Cool huh?

[Church Slave]

Maybe there really is a city of gold out there somewhere.

Ever hear about the Fremont people in Utah that vanished 1,000 years ago? Probably not because they vanished.

My guess is that it wasn't Aliens but rather disease of competing tribe killed them off. Maybe we will never know.

http://passionateabouthistory.blogspot.com/20...

[Church Slave]

Rogerg wrote:

Now with satellite imagery they have recently found numerous cities of the Mayans in the vast jungles of Guatemala. It was so incredibly simple too. they "shaded" areas of particular plants that do not grow in a high alkaline area, these would be spots where limestone from buildings was leached into the surrounding soil.
Cool huh?

Do you happen to have a URL FOR that satellite imagery of lost cities? I did a search and came up dry.

[Rogerg]

Church Slave wrote:

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Do you happen to have a URL FOR that satellite imagery of lost cities? I did a search and came up dry.

Actually I ran across it in a National Geographic episode, on the computer. Unfortunately I don't receive many scientific stations down here, much to my chagrin, so, I frequently check out the past episodes of NG and a sight,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
so it is more then likely to be found there.
Yes, the Fremont site is very interesting, as is the Clovis site, and many more, some of which may indicate the presents of the Solutrean culture.
http://anthrosite.com/Blog/tag/solutean/
which makes the mainstream Cultural Anthropologist shudder at the thought Europeans may have walked this land before Mongolians.

[Dstrum25]

The worst part is that tribe charges us tax.