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Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law

University of New Mexico

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Indian Gaming – The Next 25 Years, Kevin Washburn Jul 2014

Indian Gaming – The Next 25 Years, Kevin Washburn

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Testimony of Kevin K. Washburn Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs United States Department of the Interior Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing


Carcieri: Bringing Certainty To Trust Land Acquisitions, Kevin Washburn Nov 2013

Carcieri: Bringing Certainty To Trust Land Acquisitions, Kevin Washburn

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Testimony On The Department Of The Interior's New Policy On Off-Reservation Acquisitions Of Land In Trust For Indian Gaming, Before The United States House Of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, 110th Congress, Second Session, Kevin Washburn Feb 2008

Testimony On The Department Of The Interior's New Policy On Off-Reservation Acquisitions Of Land In Trust For Indian Gaming, Before The United States House Of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, 110th Congress, Second Session, Kevin Washburn

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The Department of the Interior's New Guidance on Off-Reservation Acquisitions of Land in Trust for Indian Gaming assumes that the principal value of Indian gaming is reservation employment. Although this assumption is mostly incorrect - Indian gaming operations, like state lotteries, are about public revenues, not jobs - off-reservation gaming can dramatically increase the number of public service jobs on Indian reservations. Indian gaming revenues are mostly expended on tribal services to tribal members, creating numerous public service jobs in tribal government. Off-reservation Indian gaming can also provide revenues for restoration of lands on Indian reservation, making up for limited …