Ch. 1. Is Native American culture threatened? Yes, Native American culture is threatened: Using indian names for sports teams harms Native Americans / Ward Churchill -- Studying indian remains violates Native Americans' beliefs / Devon A. Mihesuah -- Native Americans' free exercise of religion is threatened by prisons / Iron Thunderhorse -- The public interferes with Native American religious activities on public lands / Charles Levendosky -- New age practitioners threaten indian spirituality / Rick Romancito -- The Supreme Court threatens Native Americans' religious use of Peyote / Walter Echo-Hawk -- No, Native American culture is not threatened: Using indian names for sports teams does not harm Native Americans / Andy Rooney -- Studying indian remains provides useful information / Patricia M. Landau and D. Gentry Steele -- Prison regulations do not violate Native Americans' free exercise of religion / C. Arlen Beam and David R. Hansen -- The public does not threaten Native American religious activities on public lands / Andy Petefish, Friends of Devils Tower -- Ch. 2. Is indian gaming beneficial to Native Americans? Indian gaming: an overview / Anthony Layng -- Yes, indian gaming is beneficial to Native Americans: Indian gaming revenues provide many needed services / Dennis McAuliffe Jr. -- Indian gaming promotes Native American sovereignty / William Thompson and Diana R. Dever -- Indian gaming helps the economy / the New Mexico Indian Gaming Association -- No, indian gaming is not beneficial to Native Americans: Indian gaming may promote compulsive gambling among Native Americans / Don A. Cozzetto and Brent W. LaRocque -- Indian gaming could destroy Native American culture / Clay Akiwenzie -- Organized crime may infiltrate indian casinos / Robert G. Torricelli -- Indian gaming will hurt the economy / Donald Trump --
Ch. 3. How should tribal resources be used? Native American resources: an overview / David Rich Lewis -- Native Americans have the right to restrict the development of tribal resources / Gail Small -- Native Americans should use their resources more efficiently / Terry L. Anderson -- Indians should oppose the storage of nuclear waste on reservations / Grace Thorpe -- Storing nuclear waste on reservation land can benefit Native Americans / the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe Executive Committee -- Nuclear waste storage sites are not dangerous / Miller Hudson -- Ch. 4. Should indian sovereignty be restricted? Indian sovereignty: an overview / Robert Bryce -- Yes, indian sovereignty should be restricted: Indians should not seek complete sovereignty / Fergus M. Bordewich -- Indian sovereign immunity should be restricted / James M. Johnson -- States should be allowed to tax tribal revenues / Lyn Nofziger -- No, indian sovereignty should not be restricted: Indian sovereign immunity must not be restricted / Susan M. Williams -- States should not be allowed to tax indian casino revenues / Franklin Ducheneaux -- States cannot tax indian nations / Ray Halbritter.
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