‘More than Casinos: Concepts of Wealth and Tradition in Indian Gaming’

WSU History Department Pettyjohn Lecture Series: “More than Casinos: Concepts of Wealth and Tradition in Indian Gaming.”

Today’s casinos serve as gathering places for Native American communities just as sites of games and competitions did for our ancestors. Dr. Arnold will explain how contemporary Indian gaming connects to cultural traditions of spirituality and gambling that reinforce tribal political sovereignty in the present.

Thursday, March 30
Noon
CUE 518, WSU Pullman

Dr. Laurie Arnold is an enrolled citizen of the Sinixt Band of the Colville Confederate Tribes. She is Associate Professor of History, Director of Native American Studies, and the Robert K. and Ann J. Powers Chair of Humanities at Gonzaga University.

Contact: Dr. Lawrence Hatter at lawrence.hatter@wsu.edu

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