they will confirm that those jetons and many others are made by the OpaQue tribe of native Americans in northern Michigan.

A brief history of the OpaQue tribe: Settling in northern Michigan in the mid-1700's shortly after the French Indian war, the OpaQue tribe barely survived the bitter cold of the winters. Then in the late 1800's, a game that was played by the tribe's children using smooth round stones hit by a long stick on across a large flat rock covered with animal skin (now called billiards) was discovered. The OpaQue tribe grew as money flowed in for sales of the balls and sticks that they made for this game (shortened to "que" stick and "que" ball). Unfortunatetly, the tribe forgot to secure a patent and they once again fell on hard times.

Then, trying to capitalize on the recent boom in native American gaming, the OpaQue tribe tried to open a casino. They were unable to secure adequate funding but, still wanting to cash in on the gambling boom, the OpaQue tribe signed a contract with B&G to manufacture certain gaming pieces called jetons (listed in the B&G catalogue as OpaQue jetons).

So, Jay, please don't be quite so hasty in your rush to correct...with a little bit of investigation, you could have seen that we WERE correct!!

...or not!! Bedo