![]() ![]() Because that's the rule we were under before gaming got here. MCCLOUD: Having the choice and the free will to do what you need to do for your community and your people, and not having to be told by an agency how and when your people can live, eat, drink, whatever it may be. It's helped lift them out of poverty and helped make self-governance possible. HYDE: Mccloud says gaming's made a difference to tribes all over the country in two important ways. HWEQWIDI HANFORD MCCLOUD: For the longest time here - and I could probably say across a lot of reservations - we weren't living life. He says the Nisqually didn't even have running water or reliable electricity until the 1970s. HYDE: And gambling revenues made a big difference to the lives of tribal members like Hweqwidi Hanford Mccloud with the Nisqually Tribal Council. ![]()
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