Native American rights /  [print] 
Tamara L. Roleff, book editor. 
 - San Diego, California :  Greenhaven Press,  (c)1998. 
 - 208 pages ;  25 cm. 
 - Current controversies .
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<br/><br/> Ch. 1. Is Native American culture threatened? Yes, Native American culture is threatened: Using Indian names for sports teams harms Native Americans  Studying Indian remains violates Native Americans' beliefs  Native Americans' free exercise of religion is threatened by prisons  The public interferes with Native American religious activities on public lands  New age practitioners threaten Indian spirituality  The Supreme Court threatens Native Americans' religious use of Peyote  No, Native American culture is not threatened: Using Indian names for sports teams does not harm Native Americans  Studying Indian remains provides useful information  Prison regulations do not violate Native Americans' free exercise of religion  The public does not threaten Native American religious activities on public lands  Ch. 2. Is Indian gaming beneficial to Native Americans? Indian gaming: an overview  Yes, Indian gaming is beneficial to Native Americans: Indian gaming revenues provide many needed services  Indian gaming helps the economy  No, Indian gaming is not beneficial to Native Americans: Indian gaming may promote compulsive gambling among Native Americans  Indian gaming could destroy Native American culture  Organized crime may infiltrate Indian casinos  Indian gaming will hurt the economy  Ch. 3. How should tribal resources be used? Native American resources: an overview  Native Americans have the right to restrict the development of tribal resources  Native Americans should use their resources more efficiently  Indians should oppose the storage of nuclear waste on reservations  Storing nuclear waste on reservation land can benefit Native Americans  Nuclear waste storage sites are not dangerous  Ch. 4. Should Indian sovereignty be restricted? Indian sovereignty: an overview  Yes, Indian sovereignty should be restricted: Indians should not seek complete sovereignty  Indian sovereign immunity should be restricted  States should be allowed to tax tribal revenues  No, Indian sovereignty should not be restricted: Indian sovereign immunity must not be restricted  States should not be allowed to tax Indian casino revenues  States cannot tax Indian nations  Ward Churchill  Devon A. Mihesuah  Iron Thunderhorse  Charles Levendosky  Rick Romancito  Walter Echo-Hawk  Andy Rooney  Patricia M. Landau and D. Gentry Steele  C. Arlen Beam and David R. Hansen  Andy Petefish, Friends of Devils Tower  Anthony Layng  Dennis McAuliffe Jr. -- Indian gaming promotes Native American sovereignty  William Thompson and Diana R. Dever  the New Mexico Indian Gaming Association  Don A. Cozzetto and Brent W. LaRocque  Clay Akiwenzie  Robert G. Torricelli  Donald Trump  David Rich Lewis  Gail Small  Terry L. Anderson  Grace Thorpe  the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe Executive Committee  Miller Hudson  Robert Bryce  Fergus M. Bordewich  James M. Johnson  Lyn Nofziger  Susan M. Williams  Franklin Ducheneaux  Ray Halbritter. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1565106857 1565106849 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97037078 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indians of North America--Government relations.<br/>Indians of North America--Civil rights.<br/>Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E93.N385 1998