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| News Non- Casino Indian Tribes Have Gotten Poorer, Says UC Riverside Study A recently released study by the University of California at Riverside’s Center for California Native Nations examined conditions among the state’s tribes in the ten- year period between 1990 and 2000. California has upwards of 100 recognized Indian tribes; of these, close to half of the tribes have quality casinos online on their lands. The study focused on comparing tribes with quality casinos to those without. It found that those tribes without casinos on their properties saw a more than 50% drop in per-capita income during the ten- year period, while those tribes that do have casinos online saw their per- capita incomes steadily increase. Tribes with online casinos also have higher rates of members who have completed the ninth grade, although rates of members with a higher education are similar. Many Indian tribes were quick to open quality casinos online after a 1980 court case which determined that Indian lands are sovereign and not subject to regular US casino laws. However, despite the obvious benefits of huge influxes of money brought by having quality casinos on tribal lands, gambling is a mixed blessing for Native American communities. For example, children who are members of casino tribes know that they will come into huge sums of money at the age of 18, which can be a disincentive to pursuing an education.
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