Indian gaming : tribal sovereignty and American politics

Mason, W. Dale (Walter Dale) 1951- (Author).

Summary: "Indian Gaming examines the conflicts over American Indian tribes' gambling operations, focusing on tribes in New Mexico and Oklahoma. It places recent events in other states - notably California and Minnesota - within the perspective of historic Indian policy, states' rights arguments, and federalism. One of the results of these conflicts and arguments has been the development of a new strata of inter-governmental relations to the benefit of tribal autonomy which is fast approaching status equaling states' sovereignty within the United States federal system." "Dale Mason demonstrates how, through their pro-gaming activities, Indian tribes act as both political entities and interest groups, while protecting their right to self-govern. He also reveals the role of United States Attorneys' discretionary authority on Indian lands and the role of tribal attorneys in Indian politics."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0806132132 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780806132136 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxi, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Norman [Okla.] : University of Oklahoma Press, c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. --University of Oklahoma, 1996).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-321) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Ch. 1. Indian Policy and Conflict in the American Political System -- Ch. 2. Indian Gaming: The Law, the Interests, and The Scope of Conflict -- Ch. 3. New Mexico: Gaming and Hardball Politics -- Ch. 4. "We'll Remember in November" -- Ch. 5. A Clash of Sovereigns, a Clash of History -- Appendix: Oklahoma Indian Tribes with Class III Compacts.