Gaming: The Apex of a Long Struggle

Stein, Wayne J.

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“…Third, and most importantly, First Nations leaders adopted the American Indian position that operating casinos was a sovereign right (Belanger 2006, 2012; Lazarus et al 2006). American Indian and First Nations gaming is therefore heralded as a beacon of Indian sovereignty (Stein 1998; Gaughen 2011; Hansen and Skopek 2011), whereas Congressional demands for state‐American Indian compacts are criticized as an intolerable imposition compromising American Indians’ inherent sovereignty (Mezey 1996; Light and Rand 2005; Ackerman 2009; Schaap 2010; Skopek and Hansen 2011). Perhaps as troubling is the fact that gaming tribes have little to no recourse in instances where states desire to renegotiate the compacts (Light and Rand 2005; Rand 2007; Rausch 2007); or when the provinces refuse First Nations a substantial consultative role during gaming policy development (Belanger and Williams 2012).…”

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Manufacturing regional disparity in the pursuit of economic equality: Alberta's First Nations Gaming Policy, 2006–2010

Belanger

Williams

Arthur

2012

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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The Province of Alberta in 2001 implemented the First Nations Gaming Policy (FNGP) to improve First Nations development potential by permitting the construction of reserve casinos. This article argues that during the policy development stages provincial and First Nations leaders failed to consider the geographic placement of reserve communities, both in terms of where casinos would be placed and how gaming revenues would ultimately be distributed. Therefore, a policy intended to assist with First Nations economic rejuvenation in Alberta has benefitted a small proportion of First Nations while exacerbating regional economic difficulties the policy was in part calculated to ameliorate. The authors recommend revisiting the FNGP to establish a more equitable revenue distribution formula, thus resulting in a greater distribution of gaming revenues to a larger number of First Nations.La production des disparités régionales dans la quête de l'égalitééconomique : Uneévaluation de la politique sur les jeux de hasard et d'argent des Premières Nations de l'Alberta,

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