Abstract
The A. introduces complexity theory as a new conceptual approach to research in American Indian studies and, specifically, to gaming in Indian Country. Casinos may look like a good thing for Indian reservations. They can support economic development, tribal web pages, and the revitalization of tribal languages, arts, and community organizations. Less discussed, however, is the fact that a casino can also spawn major and irreversible changes in tribal communities. It can change the physical boundaries of a reservation through the acquisition of land and alter the membership of a tribe by redefining tribal roles for the purposes of distributing gaming receipts. An initial look at tribal responses to the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) through the prism of complexity theory suggests that Indian gaming holds within it the potential to both strengthen and weaken American Indian tribes and tribal sovereignty.
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