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Northwest Coast regional subject files, 1859, 1970, 1985-2007
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The Northwest Coast regional subject files include materials about Native American communities and gaming in Washington and Oregon (1859, 1970, 1985-2007). The materials include socioeconomic reports, tribal-state gaming compacts, gaming ordinances, journal articles, court opinions, Dr. Spilde’s research photographs, newsletters, informational packets, promotional materials, materials on fishing rights, press releases, video recordings of televised programs, memos, and newspaper articles.
The Northwest Coast subject files focus primarily on Native American gaming and non-gaming topics in Washington State, but also covers the same issues to a lesser extent in Oregon. The materials document a number of Native American nations, particularly the Tulalip Tribes of Washington. The subject files contain materials about Native American community issues such as gaming, sovereignty, and hunting and fishing rights. Additional information about Northwest Coast Native Americans can be found in the Columbia Plateau subject files.
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Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Sara Ortiz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sarah Ortiz conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez on December 20, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Ortiz discusses being born and raised in Austin, Texas and spending the majority of her life there before attending the Columbia Publishing Course in Manhattan, New York. Ortiz describes her family's many moves throughout the city of Austin and the changes that have since happened in the city. Ortiz recounts her trajectory in the publishing industry, which led her from Manhattan back to Austin, and eventually to Las Vegas, Nevada. Ortiz is currently the program and festival director for The Believer magazine and the Black Mountain Institute. She writes about what she and her colleagues hope to achieve with the magazine and annual festival, and about the changes that she hopes to see for Las Vegas' publishing and literacy industry.
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