The Sacred and the Sleight of Hand in American Indian Gaming
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20073460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Lawlor (0000-0001-9680-4414, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 131-150 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Performing Magic on the Western Stage (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230617124_7 |
| OpenAlex | W2493258494 |
| ISBN | 9780230617124 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The logo for the Dakota Magic Casino Hotel in Hankinson, North Dakota, features an enormous buffalo pawing the ground, ready to charge. On the distant horizon, two jagged peaks rise above the valley floor. The advertisement replays a conventional image of an old Plains environment where the buffalo roamed free, before the American west was carved into cities, strip malls, reservations. In block, frontier-style print, the words "Dakota Magic" frame the landscape. "Casino Hotel" cuts the borders of the image in sleek, angled script, lending the sign a bit of the speedy glamor of modernity. Dakota Magic is the property of the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe. Situated on the state line between North and South Dakota, the casino draws gamblers, golfers, and honeymooners from throughout the northern Plains. Profits go toward improving the infrastructure of the tribe's reservation and administrative complex located in Agency Village, South Dakota, until recently a deeply impoverished Native American town.KeywordsSlot MachineCasino GamblingTribal MemberMagical ThinkingTribal LeaderThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Advertising · Archaeology · Business · Ethnology · Frontier · Geography · MAGIC (telescope) · Political science · Reservation · Sociology · Tribe · American History and Culture · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · History · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |