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Squires, Charles P. (Charles Pember), 1865-1958
Charles Pember “Pop” Squires was a prominent newspaper editor and publisher in Las Vegas, Nevada. He moved to Las Vegas with his wife Delphine Anderson Squires in 1905 and they participated in the town site’s original land auction that same year. Along with several business partners, Squires opened a bank, a hotel, and an electric company. In 1908 he purchased the Las Vegas Age, one of Las Vegas’s original newspapers. He owned and operated the paper until 1943 when the Las Vegas Review-Journal purchased the Age.
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National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Joint Task Force files, 1995-2002
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The National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Joint Task Force files (1995-2002) document the task force’s efforts to regulate Native American gaming. The materials in this subseries document institutional and political approaches to Native American gaming and national legislation about Native American sovereignty and civil rights. Materials include socioeconomic reports, correspondence, memos, court opinions, newsletters, periodicals, notes, agendas, press releases, proposals to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), journal articles, and newspaper articles. The materials document IGRA amendments, the Enzi amendment, and California gaming.
Additional materials relating to NCAI can be found in the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) subject files located in general subject files. Materials directly related to Spilde’s activities as a member of the task force were placed in the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Joint Task Force files. Other materials about NCAI were placed in the NCAI subject files or the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Data Management, Needs Assessment, and Auditing Workgroup files.
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Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture Records
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture Records (1980-2011) include marketing material, curriculum development material, student letters to the Nevada legislative counsel, journals, newspaper clippings, and architectural drawing sets for the school building's construction.
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