Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and indexes.
Foreword / Esteban E. Torres -- Foreword / Terry L. Pechota -- Introduction / James Abourezk -- Ch. 1. Prologue to Rebirth -- Ch. 2. They Met in the Desert -- Ch. 3. The Early Successes and Struggles -- Ch. 4. The Pain and Joys of Growth -- Ch. 5. A Savage "Free Press."
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A small, poverty-stricken California Indian Tribe, the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, successfully fought a long legal battle for the right to operate the business of their choice on their barren reservationÑa gambling casino. This is their story, the authorized history of their epic struggle, climaxing with their victory in a 1987 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, the now-famous Cabazon Decision. Their defeated opponents included California's City of Indio and County of Riverside (called one of the most racist in the U.S. by a non-Indian resident) as well as California and 29 other states t.
Return of the buffalo.
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Cahuilla Indians-- Finance.
Cahuilla Indians-- Government relations.
Gambling on Indian reservations.
Cahuilla Indians-- Finance.
Cahuilla Indians-- Government relations.
Gambling on Indian reservations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- Native American Studies.