Some Mohawks are now afraid that a casino in the Catskills will never happen, depriving the impoverished tribe and the Catskills of badly needed jobs and revenues.

The company, they say, intends to protect its three casinos in Atlantic City rather than help the impoverished tribe.

Most of this group live in impoverished rural tribes and, with the exception of the Lenca, keep their language.

For the Utes, an impoverished tribe, any economic benefits from mining the land would, no doubt, help considerably.

Her exhibition at the Aldrich confronts that problem head-on, displaying her latest body of work made in collaboration with an impoverished Peruvian Indian tribe in the Andes.

As those contracts expired, Mr. Chino did not renew them, instead creating lumber and cattle companies controlled by the impoverished tribe.

Leaders of impoverished tribes now say they believe the Government will help Indians - but only those Indians who have helped the Democratic Party, preferably in the form of six-figure campaign contributions.

Indian gambling has been a hotly disputed issue in California for much of the last decade, as impoverished tribes expanded from traditional bingo games into more lucrative slot machines and card games.

Why should an Indian tribe booming with casino profits deserve a $3 million school construction grant from a federal fund specifically earmarked for impoverished tribes?

The goal, Mr. Fotopoulos said, was to create a historic theme park and campground, complemented by a motel and some restaurants, that would help the impoverished tribe.