Background Gambling for money is a popular leisure time activity in most countries, which
has major social and economic impacts not only affecting the gambler, but his/her significant …

All communities are teeming with energy, spirit, and knowledge, and Spiral to the Stars taps
into and activates this dynamism to discuss Indigenous community planning from a Mvskoke …

The twentieth century was one of profound transformation in rural America. Demographic
shifts and economic restructuring have conspired to alter dramatically the lives of rural …

Abstract The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), passed by the US Congress in 1988,
was a watershed in the history of policymaking directed toward reservation-resident …

Abstract The legalization of American Indian casino gaming in the late 1980s allows
examination of the relationship between income and health in a quasi-experimental way …

Blood informs a central racial ideology in the United States that has historically been used to
racialize many different groups. American Indians (AIs) are the only population in the United …

This paper begins with a review of the literature on tourism in rural economies, to establish a
framework for analyzing large‐scale tourism products in rural and small town regions. The …

What can we say about the phenomenal growth of the Native American gaming industry? In
order to evaluate the industry's development we first need to consider its economic, social …

This article is about the philosophical foundations for contemporary business practice
performed by individual Native American people rather than by collectively owned tribal …

ABSTRACT A reoccurring trope in American cultural history is that of the 'Vanishing Indian'.
Scholars have described this trope as a form of 'indigenous erasure'whereby settler …