Native American Rights | Indian Gaming May Promote Compulsive Gambling Among Native Americans

The theme of this viewpoint is that greater tribal self-rule, though favored by tribal populations and a goal of federal Indian policy, comes with a social price. Exercising tribal sovereignty, North Dakota tribal governments, along with other tribal governments across the country, initiated reservation “high-stakes gambling.” These tribal “high-stakes” gambling enterprises have been praised as examples of successful tribal self-rule and reservation economic development, but that is only part of the story. The other side of the story is that selfrule is accompanied by potential...

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