Tribal gaming enterprises provide tribes with the financial base necessary to achieve tribal self-governance and, in many instances, to revitalize Native communities. NCAI continues to support tribes’ right to operate gaming facilities that supplement their tribal economies. According to the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), Indian gaming generated $26.5 billion in 2010.
Tribal governments use gaming revenues to fund social service programs, including scholarships, health-care clinics, substance abuse programs, education, law enforcement, and tribal courts. Revenues are also used for infrastructure development such as building new roads, new sewer and water systems, housing, and other developments. Gaming also provides jobs for tribal citizens and non-Native members of surrounding communities.
Protecting this valuable asset toward community empowerment is extremely important for developing prosperity and reducing dependence on federal resources. Currently, tribal gaming enterprises are positioning themselves to withstand the potential legalization of Internet gaming, which stands to impact the profits of their brick-and-mortar facilities. In conjunction with NIGC, NCAI has passed Resolution #ALB-10-084, outlining its membership’s minimum requests of any congressional legislation to legalize Internet gaming.
Resolutions
Tribal Government Access to Internet Gaming Markets
Sep 28, 2012
Amendments to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act must Include a Provision to Restore Balance to the Class III Compacting Process Destroyed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Seminole Tribe v. Florida
Apr 12, 2012
Calling on the Secretary of the Interior to Declare as a Matter of Existing Federal Policy that Health Care, Education and Housing Benefits are not Taxable Income
Apr 12, 2012