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President Bush defines tribal sovereignty

Miss Teen South Carolina and President Bush

Democracy Now on President's comments on Tribal Sovereignty

Gov. Bill Richardson on Indian Affairs


Current Indian Gaming News - Indianz.com

Reservation Controversies - Links to Online Resources


BLOGS

Turtle Talk

For the Seventh Generation (Indian Law) Blog

Indian Gaming Today Blog - Rand and Light

Indian Report Blog - Falmouth Institute

Native America, Discovered and Conquered

Newspaper Rock - Where Native America Meets Pop Culture

On the Wings of Eagles

Original Pechanga's Blog

Rez Judicata:  Self Determination through Law

Tribal Watch

Tsalagi Think Tank

BOOKS

Light & Rand, Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty The Casino Compromise (U. Press of Kansas, 2007)

Rand & Light, Indian Gaming Law and Policy (Carolina Press, 2006)

Grochowski, Slot Machine Answer Book (Bonus Books, 2005)

Bryan Wildenthal, Native American Sovereignty on Trial (ABC-CLIO, 2003)

Jackpot Trail:  Indian Gaming in Southern California (Sunbelt Press, 2003)

Mason, Indian Gaming:  Tribal Sovereignty and the Law
(U. of Oklahoma Press, 2000)

Indian Gaming - Who Wins (Contemporary American Indian Studies Center, 2000)

Eadington, Indian Gaming and the Law (U. of Nevada, 1998)



Jack Purcell's Book List (Amazon.com)

WEB SITES

California Tribal Casinos

California Nations Indian Gaming Authority

Casinos - Is Gaming the New Buffalo?

Casino Journal

Gaming Research Weblog

The Facts About Indian Gaming

Indian Country Today

Indianz.com Indian Gaming News

National Indian Gaming Association

National Indian Law Library

One Nation United

Pechanga.net

Stereotype of the Month - Blue Corn Comics

Tribal Corruption

Trust & Consequences - Navigating Flawed Federal Law

University of New Mexico Tribal Law Journal

LINKS

Internet Links on Indian Gaming and Sovereignty

Indian Gaming Resources on the Internet

Tribal Court Decisions

Reservation Controversies then and now (online resources)


ARTICLES:

American Indian Tribal Sovereignty Primer - American Indian Policy Center

Blue Corn Comics:  Tribal Sovereignty

Book Review:  Indian Gaming:  Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics

Defending against Attacks on Tribal Immunity - Galanda

Indian Country Diaries:  Tribal Sovereignty

Indian Gaming Magazine Regulatory Updates

Native America, Discovered and Conquered

Power Line Forum - Tribes Hiding Behind Indian Sovereignty

Threats to Tribal Sovereignty from the States - AIPC

2008

John McCain and Indian Gaming (New York Times, 9/28/08)

Indian Power and Gambling (L.A. Times editorial, 9/16/08)

Couple Awarded $1.3 million in Lawsuit (American Indian Report, 5/9/08)

Casino No Done Deal for Tribal Leaders (Boston Globe, 3/18/08)

Liability and Indian Casinos (Bellicose Bumpkin, 2/22/08)

Why You Won't Hit Jackpot If You Get Hurt at Indian Casino (Boston, Ch. 5, 2/21/08)

Labor Hits Jackpot (In These Times, by Melinda Tuhus, 2/5/08)

Casinos' Next Big Battle is at the Polls (Press Democrat, 1/20/08)

Tribe Faces Loss of Bargaining Chip (Cape Cod Times, 1/2/08)

2007

Supreme Court Clerks Find Indian Law Unimportant (Indian Country, 12/28/07)

NLRB, AFL-CIO, and Tribal Sovereignty (On Wings of Eagles, 12/4/07)

A Jackpot for Unions; Organizing Indian Casinos (NY Times Ed. Bd., 11/30/07)

Judge tosses crash suit against pueblo (KRQE-TV-7, 11/13/07)

Dram Shop Actions and Tribal Sovereign Immunity (Turtle Talk, 11/5/07)

As Gaming Grows, Many Tribes Left Behind (CBS News, 11/1/07)

Non-Indian Civil Suits in Tribal Courts (Turtle Talk, 10/12/07)

Tribe Must Choose:  Casino OR Sovereignty (Cape Cod Today, 10/11/07)

Court Rules Tribal Casino is Merely a Casino, (Nelson Rose, Poker Player, 10/1/07)

California Referendum:  Four Tribes Raise $20 Million (Sacramento Bee, 9/29/07)

The Prickly Question of Tribal Casinos (BCHeights.com, 10/18/07)

Entering Into and Enforcing Tribal Gaming Contracts (Wash. State Bar Assn., 8/07)

Is Gambling Good for Massachusetts? (Cape Cod Times, 7/ 2007)

The State of the Native Nations (Oxford Univ. Press, 5/2007)

Indian Gaming:  Placing their Bets (Review Journal, 5/27/07)

Lessons from an Indian Gaming Case (Modrall Law Firm, 4/20/07)

Parlaying Casinos into Empires (Business Week, 3/26/07)

Oh Sovereignty, Wherefore Art Thou? (Tim Giago, 3/25/07)

Justice Talking:  (Casino Gambling, 3/5/07)

Tribal Nations:  The Story of Federal Indian Law (2007)

2006

Too Many Hands in the Cookie Jar - The Unconstitutional Theft of Indian Sovereignty

Indian Gaming Business - story has to be told, 2006

California's "Lost" Tribes, 2006

Casinos and Sovereignty (PBS, Indian Country Diaries, 9/2006)

Protecting the Sacred, (ABA Human Rights Magazine, Spring, 2006)

Indian Givers:  Politics and Tribal Gambling Casinos, by Fred McChesney (2/6/06)

Indian Gaming:  More Corrupt than Ever (Alternet, 1/10/06)

The Economics of Indian Casinos - The Becker-Posner Blog - 1/9/06

2005

Gaming and Tribal Economic Development - Myths & Reality, (by Amy Fann, Dec. 2005)

McCain Cites Obligations to Non-Indians, (Indianz.com, 9/27/05)

The Dilemma of Indian Casino Gambling  (General Bd. of Church & Society, 6/29/05)

Tribal Self Government and Gaming Policy, (Jonathan B. Taylor, 2/14/05)

2004

The Festering Problem of Indian "Sovereignty" - (Jan Golab, American Enterprise, 2004)

Global Gaming Business Weekly (Aug. 2004)

Before 2004

Comments:  Indian Casinos; the Final Solution (Aug. 2003)

Casino Reservations with Anthony Brooks (WBUR-Boston, Feb. 2003)

Feathers and Tuxedos:  Analysis of Political Cartoons about Indian Gaming
(Michael Nasirof, M.A. Thesis, May 2003)

Pros and Cons of Native Gaming Eyed (Harvard U. Gazette, Jan. 2003)

Indian Gaming:  Why is the Backlash Growing (2002-2003)

Time Magazine:  Playing the Political Slots (2002)

American Indian Rule:  Sovereignty Abused (Detroit News, August, 2001)

Gaming, Sovereignty, and Tribes as Complex Adaptive Organizations (2001)

Indian Tribal Sovereignty (Sept. 2000)

Casinos:  Is Gaming the "New Buffalo?" (Website, Paula Giese, 1997)

Native Americans are Cashing In (Lora Abaurrea, May 6, 1996)

A Modern "Small Pox" for Native Culture (Stanford Thinker, Clay Akiwenzie, 1995)

Everyone Wins With Native Gaming (Stanford Thinker, Tim Sanchez, 1995)

Return of the Natives:  an 8-part series (May, 1994) - Hartford Courant

Tribes Close Ranks to Protect Casinos from Cheats (N.Y. Times, Dec. 25, 1993)


ISSUES:
 

UNIONIZING CASINO EMPLOYEES

Foxwoods Sovereignty Rears Head at Union Meeting (TheDay, Mar. 20, 2008)

Foxwoods and Union Representation (Connecticut Employment Blog, current)

A Jackpot for Unions? Organizing Indian Casinos (N.Y. Times, Nov. 30, 2007)

Organizing Indian Country (Casino Journal, Aug. 2, 2007)

Union Issue Holds Up Millions (Sacramento Bee, May 23, 2007)

San Manuel Casino vs. NLRB (Fed. Cir., Feb. 2007)

Labor and Employment Law and American Indian Tribes (Mich. B.J., July, 2004)
 

ABRAMOFF SCANDAL

Indian Givers, Politicians & Tribal Casinos (Fred McChesney, Feb. 6, 2006)

A Jackpot from Indian Gaming Tribes (Washington Post, Feb. 22, 2004)

Investigating Abramoff - Special Report (Washington Post, June 22, 2005)

Abramov Scandal Sheds Light on Murky World of Indian Casinos
 

SAN PASQUEL "MISSING TRIBES" LITIGATION

San Pasquel Band of Mission Indians v. California

Appellant's Opening Brief
Appellee's Response Brief
Appellant's Reply Brief
Amicus Brief
 

DRAM SHOP LIABILITY

Foxworthy vs. Puyallup Tribe (d/b/a Emerald Queen Casino)

Appellant's Opening Brief
Puyallup Tribe's Response Brief
Appellant's Reply Brief

Decision of the Washington State Court of Appeals

Bittle v. Bahe (Absentee Shawnee Thunderbird Entertainment Center)

Decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, Feb. 5, 2008


NEW & FEATURED INDIAN SOVEREIGNTY LAW REVIEW ARTICLES:

GO TO FULL LIST OF LAW ARTICLES

Bryan H. Wildenthal, Federal Labor Law, Tribal Sovereignty, and the Indian Law Canons of Construction, 86 Oregon Law Review, No. 2 (forthcoming 2007)

Angela R. Riley, Sovereignty and Illiberalism, 95 Cal. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2007)

Kevin K. Washburn, The Legacy of Bryan v. Itasca County:  How a $147 County Tax Notice Helped Bring Tribes $200 Billion in Indian Gaming Revenue, Minnesota Law Review (forthcoming)

Erik S. Laakkonen, Up in Smoke? Narragansett, Hicks, and the Erosion of Tribal Sovereign Immunity (2007)

Matthew L. M. Fletcher, Bringing Balance to Indian Gaming, 44 Harvard Journal on Legislation (2007)

Roberts, Reservations on Tribal Sovereignty:  How U.S. v. Lara Will Affect Indians, Tribes, and the Fight to Regain Independence, 43 Houston Law Review 527 (2006)


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