Indian Gaming: Why is the Backlash Growing?

Compiled by Teresa M. Lorden, c.Phil Anthropology, UCR

The responses came in the form of press releases, letters-to-the-editor, editorials, opinions, formal statements and newspaper and magazine articles. The words are strong, ranging from outright anger to calm responses seeking to balance the scales by providing facts and information overlooked in the TIME articles. The responses refer to TIME's "lies," "missing the point," "disservice," "marching on Indian Country," "strafing Indian Country," "slanted view," "distortion," "sensationalist," "double standard," "vandalism," and "shameful" reporting.

Below are links to the responses to the TIME magazine articles, arranged by Letters, Formal Responses and Press Releases, Editorials and Op-Ed pieces, and Newspaper and Magazine Articles. Wherever possible, we have asked for permission to reproduce the complete document, but in some cases this was not possible, so we provide links to the original websites. For example, we present to you links to the TIME Magazine articles (sorry, they charge to retrieve them from their archives). We apologize for any broken links that may appear over time.

Links to Time Magazine, New York Times, and Los Angeles Times articles:

"Wheel of Misfortune"

"Look Who's Cashing In At Indian Casinos"

"Playing the Political Slots"

Tribes of Gamblers, The New York Times

Who's Watching the Casinos? - Indian gaming is transforming California into the world's gambling mecca. Does anyone in Sacramento care?
     By Fred Dickey, Special to The Los Angeles Times