Sovereign: An Oral History of Indian Gaming in America

Sovereign: An Oral History of Indian Gaming in America by Suzette Brewer; Cheryl Cadue; Ernest L. Stevens Jr.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780615164175.

Compiled and edited by Suzette Brewer, a member of the Cherokee Nation and a journalist specializing in American Indian culture and issues, Sovereign: An Oral History of Indian Gaming in America captures the voices of tribal leaders, lawyers, grassroots advocates, congressmen, senators, and government officials who speak candidly of the parts they played in a story still in progress. The story itself is not just about gambling or casinos or resorts but is in a larger sense a riveting narrative about the determination of Indians across the country to challenge and change forever the commonly accepted wisdom about who they were and what they could or could not do. To quote from the introduction, Sovereign is the story of "how people who once stood on the precipice of extinction finally stood up to the naysayers, the moralists, the media, the states, and the federal government to claim their own piece of the American dream."