In addition, Tribal Gaming Government features the industry's most
complete listing of tribal casinos in North America.; California Nations Indian
Gaming Association Chairman Anthony Miranda; San Manuel Band of Mission
Indians (California) Chairman Deron Marquez; lobbyist Roger Stone; Harvard
University researchers Kate Spilde Contreras and Jonathan Taylor; Spectrum
Gaming Group Managing Director Fred Gushin; The Innovation Group President
Steve Rittvo; Victoria Erickson from the Paul Steelman Group and many more. In addition to Tribal
Government Gaming, the company also publishes Casino Design, Global Gaming
Business Weekly, Global Gaming Business/Russia , and Casino Connection
magazines.com.

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The nearly year-long study by the Center for California Native Nations at
the University of California Riverside was coordinated by Dr.

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"Indian gaming is one of the best stories in the gaming industry," says
Global Gaming Business Editor Roger Gros .

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Tribal Government Gaming has quickly become the most respected annual
recap of Indian gaming available .

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Contreras, the Managing Director at the Center.

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-- Examines the controversy about the definition of "Class II" gaming
currently being evaluated by the NIGC.

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It acts as a planning and coordinating agency for legislative, policy, legal
and communications efforts on behalf of its members and serves as an industry
forum for information and resources."
The centerpiece of this year's edition is the cover story on the National
Museum of the American Indian , the newest and final museum that will be built
on the Mall in Washington, D.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif . The feature explains how gaming tribes played
the major role in developing that facility and other museums across the
country that celebrate the heritage of the American Indian.
-- Taps the minds of several of the industry's leading architects to
assess the current state of Indian gaming casino design.

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Censuses for a "before
and after" snapshot of conditions in California during Indian gaming's initial
growth phase. LAS VEGAS, Global Gaming Business magazine today
announced the release of the second annual Tribal Government Gaming, a
publication devoted to the major issues surrounding Indian gaming in North
America. "Too often, the benefits of Indian
gaming are overlooked by the mainstream press. We consider it our
responsibility to report the good news about Indian gaming and to present a
balanced approach to some of the more controversial issues confronting Native
Americans .

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, The first state-wide study of
the social and economic impacts of tribal government gaming within California
will be released at a 1:30 p. Six faculty members from five
academic departments participated in the research project.
"This is truly ground-breaking research by respected and independent
scholars that will be helpful to tribal, local and state government as Indian
gaming continues to mature as a powerful economic force in California," said
Anthony Miranda, chair of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association
(CNIGA), sponsor of the conference.

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Native American organizations' web sites

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press briefing January, 11 at the Western
Indian Gaming Conference in Palm Springs.

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The study analyzed data in the 1990 and 2000 U.

About CNIGA
Representing 63 member tribes, CNIGA is the largest association of
California federally recognized tribal governments .
For more information on Tribal Government Gaming, contact Roger Gros at
1-702-248-1565 x225 or rgros@ggbmagazine.

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Landmark Study on Economic and Social Impacts of Indian Gaming to Be Released at Western Indian Gaming Conference

-- Shows how two very successful Connecticut tribes - the Mashantucket
Pequots and the Mohegans - are spreading their wealth and knowledge
across Indian Country.

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Indian gaming impacts since 2000, when California's principal
tribal-state compacts went into effect, were analyzed through surveys of
tribal and local governments and in-depth case studies of individual tribal
governments.

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CNIGA is dedicated to
protecting the sovereign right of Indian tribes to have gaming on their land.

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Reporters wishing to attend the briefing in Smoke Room F of the Palm
Springs Convention Center should first register at the press counter at the
conference's Registration Center in the adjacent Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel,
888 Tahquitz Canyon Way.

In other stories, Tribal Government Gaming:
-- Dissects the complicated situation involving Indian gaming in
California.
Global Gaming Business , published by Casino Connection International, is
the gaming industry's leading trade publication .

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Global Gaming Business Releases Annual Publication Tribal Government Gaming

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Among the expert writers in Tribal Government Gaming are National Indian
Gaming Association President Ernest L.