University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Anthropology ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 7-1-2011 Against the Odds: Indian Gaming, Political Economy, and Identity on the Pala Indian Reservation Shasta Gaughen Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/anth_etds Part of the Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Gaughen, Shasta. "Against the Odds: Indian Gaming, Political Economy, and Identity on the Pala Indian Reservation." (2011). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/anth_etds/26 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Anthropology ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. AGAINST THE ODDS: INDIAN GAMING, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND IDENTITY ON THE PALA INDIAN RESERVATION by SHASTA CHRISTINA GAUGHEN B.A., Anthropology, Humboldt State University, 1996 B.S., Natural Resources Planning and Interpretation, Humboldt State University, 1996 M.A., Anthropology, San Diego State University, 2001 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Anthropology The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico July 2011 iii © 2011, Shasta Christina Gaughen iv DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated, with all my love, to my grandparents, George and Vivian Matheson. This is what you are getting instead of a great-grandchild! v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS How do you begin to acknowledge all of the people who are instrumental in producing a dissertation? I am afraid any attempt to name them all will accidentally neglect some people who should be included; therefore I will only name a few, and trust that everybody who has helped, listened, contributed, and tolerated this process know who they are and know that they have my gratitude.