First Nations Gaming in Canada

by Belanger, Yale D.

• ISBN13: 9780887557231
• ISBN10: 0887557236
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-15
• Publisher: Univ of Manitoba Pr

Summary

While games of chance have been part of the Aboriginal cultural landscape since before European contact, large-scale commercial gaming facilities within First Nations communities are a relatively new phenomenon in Canada. First Nations Gaming in Canadais the first multidisciplinary study of the role of gaming in indigenous communities north of the 49th parallel. Bringing together some of Canada?s leading gambling researchers, the book examines the history of Aboriginal gaming and its role in indigenous political economy, the rise of large-scale casinos and cybergaming, the socio-ecological impact of problem gambling, and the challenges of labour unions and financial management. The authors also call attention to the dearth of socio-economic impact studies of gambling in First Nations communities while providing models to address this growing issue of concern.

Author Biography

Yale D. Belanger is an associate professor in the department of Native American studies at the University of Lethbridge and author of Ways of Knowing: An Introduction to Native Studies in Canada and Gambling with the Future: The Evolution of Aboriginal Gaming in Canada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 2
Legal Historical Issues
Toward an Innovative Understanding of North American Indigenous Gaming in Historical Perspective	p. 10
The Mohawks of Kahnawá:ke and the Case for an Aboriginal Right to Gaming under the Constitution Act, 1982	p. 35
Virtual Sovereignty: Exploring Canadian First Nations Internet Gambling Ventures	p. 52
Socio-Economic and Research Considerations
A Framework for Assessing the Socio-economic Impacts of Gambling	p. 78
Gambling Research in Canadian Aboriginal Communities: A Participatory Action Approach	p. 93
Exploring Gambling Impacts in Two Alberta Cree Communities: A Participatory Action Study	p. 118
First Nations Gaming and Urban Aboriginal Peoples in Alberta: Does an Economic 'Fit' Exist?	p. 140
Health
Gambling and Problem Gambling in North American Aboriginal Peoples	p. 166
Gambling Behaviours among Aboriginal Peoples: Indigenous and Critical Socio-Ecological Perspectives	p. 195
Challenges and First Nations Gaming
First Nations Approach to Securing Public Trust: SIGA'S Corporate Response to the Dutch Lerat Affair, 2000-2004	p. 228
Casino Rama: First Nations' Self-Determination, Neoliberal Solution, or Partial Middle Ground?	p. 255
Labour Unions and First Nations Casinos: An Uneasy Relationship	p. 279
Selected Bibliography	p. 302
Contributors	p. 306
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