NATAMST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, National Indian Gaming Commission, Reserved Decision

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Native American Studies
• Course: NATAMST 100
• Professor: Joseph Myers

Document Summary

Assessing the constitutionality & impact of the indian gaming regulatory. Indian gaming industry generated . 7 billion in 2018 alone. 237 federally recognized tribes out of 565 operating gaming facilities on their reservations. 28 states have some form of indian gaming. Indian gaming grew significantly in the early 1980s after their federal government funds were significantly decreased. Indian gaming became a focus of federal government. Regulated indian gaming industry on federal level. Formed national indian gaming commission (nigc) which was responsible for federal regulation. All indian gaming must be conducted on land land held in trust defined as indian country . Class ii (bingo & other style games) Specified five areas which revenue earned from gaming on tribal reservations must be spent on: Minnesota attempted to apply property tax on mobile located on. Pl 280 transferred criminal jurisdiction of indian reservations from federal government to states in 1953. Rule: pl 280 & mcclanahan v. arizona tax comm.