Native American Rights | Indian Gaming Helps the Economy

Gaming on reservations has emerged in New Mexico and throughout the Nation as a means for tribal communities to climb out of the most dismal economic conditions that exist anywhere in the Nation. Formidable obstacles impede economic improvement on the reservations, and, to date, they have proven largely insurmountable. Gaming on reservations simply must be considered against this defining backdrop.

Economic Development Is Needed
It is helpful, therefore, first to discuss the economic climate in which New Mexico Indian gaming exists. New Mexico is one of our poorest...

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