“Thanks to the Yakama Nation Tribal Council, if we have to shut down, I’ll have to find another job and move away,” said Crowder, a single mother of a 16-year-old.Īlcohol is frequently cited as a major problem for some tribes in the United States. He said the tribe sold land to non-Indian people years ago when the Yakama Nation needed income, but “now that they have their casino and things going, all of a sudden they don’t need the revenue.”įor Gloria Crowder, a bartender at Little John’s Tavern in Toppenish, the ban could mean a lost job.
Tavern owners who disliked the tax like prohibition even less.
