Landmark Study on Economic and Social Impacts of Indian Gaming to Be Released at Western Indian Gaming Conference
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Landmark Study on Economic and Social Impacts of Indian Gaming to Be Released at Western Indian Gaming Conference
January 6, 2006
The first state-wide study of the social and economic impacts of tribal government gaming within California will be released at a 1:30 p.m. press briefing January, 11 at the Western Indian Gaming Conference in Palm Springs.
The nearly year-long study by the Center for California Native Nations at the University of California Riverside was coordinated by Dr. Kate Spilde Contreras, the Managing Director at the Center. Six faculty members from five academic departments participated in the research project.
The study analyzed data in the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Censuses for a “before and after” snapshot of conditions in California during Indian gaming’s initial growth phase. Indian gaming impacts since 2000, when California’s principal tribal-state compacts went into effect, were analyzed through surveys of tribal and local governments and in-depth case studies of individual tribal governments.
“This is truly ground-breaking research by respected and independent scholars that will be helpful to tribal, local and state government as Indian gaming continues to mature as a powerful economic force in California,” said Anthony Miranda, chair of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA), sponsor of the conference.
Reporters wishing to attend the briefing in Smoke Room F of the Palm Springs Convention Center should first register at the press counter at the conference’s Registration Center in the adjacent Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel, 888 Tahquitz Canyon Way.
About CNIGA
Representing 63 member tribes, CNIGA is the largest association of California federally recognized tribal governments. CNIGA is dedicated to protecting the sovereign right of Indian tribes to have gaming on their land. It acts as a planning and coordinating agency for legislative, policy, legal and communications efforts on behalf of its members and serves as an industry forum for information and resources.
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