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Author:

Mitchell, Donald, 1947 January 23- author.

Title:

Wampum : how Indian tribes, the Mafia, and an inattentive Congress invented Indian casino gaming and created a $28 billion gambling empire / Donald Craig Mitchell.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Overlook Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Gambling--United States.
Gambling--Economic aspects--United States.
Gambling industry--Economic aspects--United States.
Casinos--Economic aspects--United States.
Gambling on Indian reservations--Law and legislation--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I Mafia -- Sovereignty and Cigarettes -- Seminole Cigarettes -- Seminole Bingo -- Barona Bingo -- Steven Whilden and Pan American Management -- Part II IGRA -- Ninety-Eighth Congress -- Ninety-Ninth Congress: House of Representatives -- Ninety-Ninth Congress: Senate -- Cabazon and Morongo: Ninety-Ninth Congress -- Cabazon and Morongo: One Hundreth Congress -- IGRA -- Part III Aftermath -- Arizona Machines -- California Machines -- Fake Tribes -- Fake Reservations.

Summary:

"A history of Indian casinos in America reveals the lesser-known partnership between Native American tribes and the Mafia that has been responsible for the creation of hundreds of Vegas-style casinos throughout the United States, in part by taking advantage of historical injustices and cultural protections,"--NoveList.

ISBN:

1468309935
9781468309935

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907206490

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)