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He pointed out that California tribal
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commitment to promoting responsible gaming and that tribes are still the
only
segment of the gaming industry to provide money for operation of the state's
Office of Problem
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The programs were announced Wednesday by Chairman Anthony
Miranda in his
State of the Tribal Nations address to nearly 900 attendees at the Western
Indian
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Tribes also fund non-profit counseling services and 24
-hour toll free help
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The poverty rate among non-gaming tribes in California
in 2000 was 30%,
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Miranda pledged to have CNIGA lead an effort in Indian country in 2006 to
"tear down the barriers that historically have blocked sustainable economic
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Citing statistics in a study just released by the Center for California
Native Nations at
the University of California Riverside, Miranda said,
despite the relative progress tribal gaming
has brought to some of the state's
Indians, the average income of tribal people on reservations in
California in
2000 was still 53% of the national average income.
"We need to work together
to find ways for all tribes to have a fair
chance at realizing the dream of self-sufficiency," Miranda
added
Recommendations from the summit would be presented to national
organizations such as
the National Indian Gaming Association and the National
Congress of American Indians because issues
of economic development are not
limited to California tribes.
Miranda was recently reelected
to a second two-year term as head of the
66-tribe organization, the state's largest and most influential
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However, tribes must do even more, he said, so CNIGA would form a task
force composed
of problem gambling experts, tribal leaders, industry partners
and policy makers to study the issue
and to develop recommendations that will
promote responsible gaming throughout the tribal government
gaming industry
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