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The Great Lakes regional subject files include materials about Native American communities and gaming in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, dating from approximately 1989 to 2007. The materials include socioeconomic reports; tribal-state gaming compacts; tribal constitutions and amendments; photographs; maps; correspondence; video recordings of televised programs; newsletters; memos from the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), Minnesota Indian Gaming Association (MIGA), National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), and National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC); informational booklets and packets; legal briefs; journal articles; Federal Register listings; guidebooks; directories; promotional materials; and newspaper articles.
The Great Lakes subseries focuses primarily on Native American casino gaming in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, but also includes materials about Native American casino gaming in other states and Native American communities within the Great Lakes region. The subseries documents a number of Native American nations, particularly the various bands of the Minnesota Anishinaabeg (Minnesota Chippewa Tribe), Forest County Bodéwadmi (Forest County Potawatomi Community), and Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Additional information about Great Lakes Native Americans can be found in the Plains subject files.
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Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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The materials are arranged first by Native American nations whose territories span across state boundaries, then by general state topics, and lastly by the individual Native American nations within the state boundaries. The states and nations are organized in alphabetical order, and then materials are further organized in a rough chronological order within each folder.