Indian Tribes Make Economic Gains in 1990s

American Indian tribes made some economic gains during the 1990s, though tribal gambling operations offered no major edge in boosting incomes, according to a new Harvard study.

The analysis was based on 1990 and 2000 Census numbers. Per-capita income rose about one-third for both gaming and nongaming tribes, though it still remained below $10,000 for both groups.

Although tribes with gambling operations had generally higher incomes and lower unemployment, gaming did not play as significant a factor in economic gains as the Harvard researchers had expected when comparing census data from 1990 and 2000.

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