INDIAN CASINOS UNDER THE BIG SKY: WHY TRIBES IN OTHER STATES HAVE BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH GAMING AND THE PATH FORWARD FOR MONTANA’S TRIBES

Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs at the US Department of the Interior, has said, 'Indian gaming is simply the most successful economic venture ever to occur consistently across a wide range of American Indian reservations.'").2. Id. at 196-97 ("Indian gaming revenues have allowed tribes to invest in new programs to address poverty and provide public goods. . . .Tribal governments have also used the revenues from gaming