"Helping to reach the American Dream" current issue response

The article, "Casinos Help Indians Achieve the American Dream" by J. Trovey Jr. was interesting in many aspects. What immediately caught my attention about the piece was its contradiction to the last article I had written a response on. The previous article read described to the reader how their is a false public perception that the average Native American generally posseses a great deal of money due to the exclusive right their tribes has to run casinos in certian states. The article went on to say that this was a false impression because 20% of Native Americans live on 80% of the profits. The idea of the article was not to say that Native Americans were greedy, but rather sucsess is shared with tribes, not for the Native American as a people. The article I just examined tells the reader that this is a false impression, and that all Native Americans are finacally stable. The natives are financially stable because they,"have, in effect, a job for every tribal member who chooses to have it... our services have multiplied". Trovey jr. tells the reader that Native Americans are doing financially well because they give opportunities to their fellow natives as to support each other and bring about overall success as a people. This contridicts the previous article read which told the reader only certian tribes are wealthy because the natives only support fellow tribe memembers. After reading the article, I questioned what the Native American author mean by entitling the article, "Casinos Help Indians Achieve the American Dream". How can the successes and employment of a persons race help to achieve the "American Dream"? The natives do not measure sucesses in profits, but rather in land and tradition. I came to realize that what other countries envy of Americans is the easy employment opportunities, and the idea of overall personal success. Although they do not seek high profits, the Native Americans felt by employing each other and helping each sustain a job they help each other arise as a race from poverty. The idea of an entire race coming together to help each other is almost inspiring, and although most likely not the purpose of this article, it serves as a strong defense for Jacob Coin's article, which is summarized and analyzed below.

Casinos Help Indians Achieve the American Dream. J. David Tovey Jr.
At Issue: Indian Gaming. Ed. Stuart A. Kallen. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2006.