The “New Buffalo” Confronts a Pandemic: Implications of the COVID-19 Shock for the Indigenous Gaming Industry
The “New Buffalo” Confronts a Pandemic: Implications of the COVID-19 Shock for the Indigenous Gaming Industry Laurel Wheeler This non-peer reviewed entry is published as part of the Critical Gambling Studies Blog. How to cite: Wheeler, L. (2021). The ’New Buffalo’ Confronts a Pandemic: Implications of the COVID-19 Shock for the Indigenous Gaming Industry. Critical Gambling Studies . https://doi.org/10.29173/cgs93 “It’s really pretty much crippled our tribal economy…The casinos are the bread and butter of our funding.” - Marlon WhiteEagle, president of the Ho-Chunk Nation (in Wisconsin State Journal , June 2020) “Life and death…We’re just going to write off 2020. There’s no sense in trying to work under the delusion that we’ll be able to claw back to normal life this year.” - Bryan Newland, tribal chairman of the Bay Mills Indian Community (in New York Times , May 2020) Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is an economic shock that affects both the supply of and dem...