Introduction : the rise of the First Nations in state politics / Kenneth N. Hansen and Tracy A. Skopek -- Tribal political expenditures in California and Washington DC / Frederick J. Boehmke and Richard Witmer -- Lobbying strategies and campaign contributions : the impact on Indian gaming in California / Jeff Cummins -- Reservation gaming : a catalyst for self-governance for the tribes in Arizona / T. Joy Clay, Diane Wilde, and Rodney E. Stanley -- The Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico : efforts to develop a casino on nonreservation land / William A. Taggart -- Florida's indigenous gaming interests : origins of a political movement / Kenneth N. Hansen -- The Mississippi band of Choctaw Indians : Indian gaming and its impacts on statewide politics / Denise K. von Herrmann -- Indian gaming and intergovernmental relations : the constraints of tribal interest group behavior / Steven Andrew Light -- Why state law matters : Indian gaming and intergovernmental relations in Wisconsin / Kathryn R.L. Rand -- The failure of Indian casino advocacy in New York / Thomas T. Holyoke -- Afterword : the death of Indian gaming and tribal sovereignty / Tracy A. Skopek and Kenneth N. Hansen
Summary
A collection of case studies outlines in detail the activities and results of lobbying and pressure groups on the state level regarding casinos on Indian land
