Native American Studies Environment

Mobile Chernobyl Bill

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1977
-parking lot dumb in nevada
Wanted to drive wast dumbs to reservation in Utah. Tribe allowed it for money reasons. They were not able to do it; not becaues of welfare of native americans, but because they wanted to preve

Tribal Soverighty

This makes NA exempt from federal laws regarding environmental safety

Most serious long term threat to NA

Radioactive pollution

hunting and fishing

If they hunted or fished on that land in their history, they still can if they are part of established tribes

Natural Resources and Mining: positive and negative effects

Positive:
Reserves for Native people
Royalties for Native people
Employment for native people
Negatives:
Scarring of land
hazardous spills and toxic waste/pollutions
Mismanagement/fraud
Depletion of water sources

Seminole Tribe of Florida vs butterworth

Open door for bingo on all tribes.
Florida tried to close it down but it fell under regulatory

California vs. Cabazon band of Mission Native Americans

Once a state legalizes a form of gambling, NA can perform this on trust land without any state interference.

Lead to the Indian gaming regulatory Act (IGRA)

1988
Authorized casino gambling.
Gambling divided into three classes:
Class I: covers charitable and social gaming for nominal prizes
Class II: Bingo, punch boards, and pull tabs
Class III: casinos, high stake bingo, slot machines

Negative effects of gambling

-Individuals calling the compulsive gambling hotline increased dramatically over the last three years
-Those who can least afford to gamble are the ones most affected.
-Internal factionalism-corruption and theft

Positive effects of gambling

-economic effects can be seen in the labor market.
-Tribes use their profits for the betterment of the reservationa nd it's people
-The ability of sovereignty of tribes to solve problems and better self-improvment

Incarceration

Make up second largest state prison incarceration rate in the nation.