Gambling, Indigenous peoples -- Gambling -- North America 

"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 Canada is 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."--Back cover. 

vii, 308 pages ; 23 cm. 

Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introductions
PART I: Legal historical issues
Chapter 1: Toward an innovative understanding of North American Indigenous gaming in historical perspective
Chapter 2: The Mohawks of Kahnawá:Ke and the case for an Aboriginal right to gaming under the Constitution Act, 1982
Chapter 3: Virtual sovereignty: Exploring Canadian First Nations internet gaming ventures
PART II: Socio-economic and research considerations
Chapter 4: A framework for assessing the socio-economic impacts of gambling
Chapter 5: Gambling research in Canadian Aboriginal communities: A participatory action approach
Chapter 6: Exploring gambling impacts in two Alberta Cree communities: A participatory action study
Chapter 7: First Nations gaming and urban Aboriginal peoples in Alberta: Does an economic 'fit' exist?
PART III: Health
Chapter 8: Gambling and problem gambling in North American Aboriginal peoples
Chapter 9: Gambling behaviours among Aboriginal peoples: Indigenous and critical socio-ecological perspectives
PART IV: Challenges and First Nations gaming
Chapter 10: First Nations approach to securing public trust: SIGA's corporate response to the Dutch Lerat Affair, 2000-2004
Chapter 11: Casino Rama: First Nations self-determination, neoliberal solution, or partial middle ground?
Chapter 12: Labour unions and First Nations casinos: An uneasy relationship
Selected bibliography
Contributors.