Wampum : how Indian tribes, the Mafia, and an inattentive Congress invented Indian gaming and created a $28 billion gambling empire

Author

Donald Mitchell

Call Number

• 338.47795 M6814 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2016.

Physical Description

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

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.

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.