The New Politics of Indian Gaming: The Rise of Reservation Interest Groups

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Abramoff, Jack, 6, 108–9, 114, 122, 123, 125, 126, 132, 209, 213 Administration & Society, 3 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, 31, 32, 54 Ainsworth, S. H., 201 Ak-Chin Indian Community, 61 Akwesasne Mohawk Casino, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 198, 205n4. See also St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Alabama, 14, 122, 123, 132 Alabama-Coushatta tribe, 14 Alba, Diana, 81 Albany Strategies, 202 Albuquerque (N.Mex.), 78, 82, 88, 89, 93 Albuquerque Journal, 79, 80, 81 Amendment 4 (Fla.), 102, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 119n6 American Gaming Association, 125 American Indian Movement, San Joaquin Valley (Calif.), 39 American Indians on Reservations: A Databook of Socioeconomic Change Between the 1990 and 2000 Census (Taylor and Kalt), 64 American Review of Public Administration, 3 Anthony (N.Mex.), 75, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 92, 93 Apache Indians: Fort Sill Apache Tribe, 87; Mescalero Apache Tribe, 74, 78, 86; White Mountain Apache Tribe, 63 Arapaho nation. See Northern Arapaho Tribe Arizona: First Nations of, 57; gaming revenue in, 60, 65; gaming tribes vs. non-gaming tribes, 57, 63–64, 66–68, 70–71; high school graduation levels, 64, 68–69; jobs created from gaming in, 60, 61, 62; lobbying, 65–66; negotiating gaming compacts, 57, 61; political campaign contributions from Indian gaming interests, 64, 65–66, 67–68, 70; reservation casinos and, 11, 17–18, 57–71; socioeconomic benefits of gaming for tribes in, 17–18, 60, 61–63, 64, 67, 68–69, 70–71; statistical methodology used on gaming tribe data, 65–69 Arizona Department of Commerce, 63 Arizona Indian Gaming Association (aiga), 62 Ashcroft, John, 132 Assembly Bill (ab) 1385 (Calif.), 48, 50–52 Atlantic City (N.J.), 189, 190, 196, 197, 198 Aufrecht, Steven, 3 Babbitt, Bruce, 115 Barbour, Haley, 130 Baumgartner, F., 2, 8–9, 10, 11–12, 14, 15, 198 Bays, Brad, 1, 2 Berry, J., 4, 15 Bethel-Fink, Elaine, 3, 20n2, 54 Billard, Mikale, 192 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, 29, 108 Bittner, Gary, 117 Blackmon, Barbara, 130 Boehmke, Frederick J., 8, 17, 212 Bogden, Laskey, and Kopley, 202 Bois Forte Band, 142 Bowman, A. O’M, 9 Brian R. Meara Public Relations, 202 Broward County (Fla.), 104, 112, 116, 118 Brown, Willie, 49 Brulte, Jim, 45 Bruno, Joseph L., 189, 190, 193, 194, 196, 198, 200, 201, 203, 205n8 Buffalo (N.Y.), 189, 191, 192, 197, 203 Buffalo Creek Casino, 192 Burton, John, 45, 49–50 Bush, George W., 173 Bush, Jeb, 18, 102, 108, 110, 116, 117, 118 Bustamente, Cruz, 27, 32, 38 Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 17, 18, 26, 38, 124, 160, 162 Cabazon decision. See California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Caesars Entertainment, 143, 155n15 Cahuilla Indians. See Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians California: Assembly Bill (ab) 1385, 48, 50–52; Index 221 222 i n d e x bingo operations and, 25, 40, 123–24, 162; expansion of Indian gaming in, 17, 25, 26, 40; First Nations of, 25; gaming revenue in, 17, 35n1, 39, 139, 144; interest-group strategies in, 26, 32; lobbying by gaming tribes in, 17, 26, 28–31, 35, 36nn4–6, 42–43, 52–53; lobbying issues for gaming tribes in, 33–34, 36nn7–9; negotiating gaming compacts, 12–13, 25–29, 35, 39, 40–42, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52–53; Proposition 1a, 27, 29, 36n3, 39, 40, 51, 53; Proposition 5, 26–27, 29, 36nn2–3, 48, 53; Proposition 29, 29, 36n3; Proposition 68, 13, 28, 29; Proposition 70, 13, 28, 29, 54; Public Law 280 and, 162–63; reservation casinos and, 5, 12–13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 25–54, 55n1; revenue-sharing agreements with tribes, 140, 144, 156n19, 168; Senate Bill 287, 42, 46–48, 51, 52, 53; slot machines and, 28, 40–41, 46, 48, 54; tribal political power in, 38–40, 214. See also Indigenous campaign contributions (Calif.) California Journal, 42 California Nations Indian Gaming Association, 33 California Supreme Court, 48, 53 California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 40, 105, 124, 160, 162, 163, 169, 210 Calusa people, 102–3 Canterbury Park, 142, 155n12 casinos. See Class III gaming; Indigenous reservation casinos; Las Vegas; Nevada casinos Catskill Mountains, 188, 190, 191, 192, 196–97, 199, 200, 204 Cayuga Nation, 190, 199. See also SenecaCayugas of Oklahoma Center for Responsive Politics, 29, 125, 129 Chahta Enterprise, 127 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 10 Chiles, Lawton, 105, 110, 119n4 Chinana, Paul, 84, 89 Chippewa Indians, 138, 140, 147...