CASINOS AS AN ELEMENT OF RURAL SUSTAINABILITY



      Because some of the Indian Casinos are located in rural communities, the Casino provides an economic base that enables a community to sustain and exist.   For example, the Old Camp Casino owned and operated by the Piaute Tribe of Indians, is located within close proximity of the Burns City limits.  Due to the lost of the timber industry,  the Cities of Burns and Hines, suffered a devestating lost of it's primary economic base. In this case, the Old Camp Casino has provided an element of rural sustainability for Burns / Hines and the Burns Piaute Indian Reservation.  Throughout the State of Oregon, this situation is duplicated where a rural community was hit with the massive down sizing of the State's primary income producer which was the timber industry.  Often it is the Indian Casino that provides an element of rural sustainability.

    According to an article from a web page prepared by Paula Giese, Indian Casinos provide substantial revenue for certain tribal members. As noted on this site Giese describes Indian Gaming as an American success story and provides a pie chart showing the percentages of gambling related revenue. And, this success story also applies to Oregon State.

"Gambling is big biz -- close to $400 billion a year and growing. Americans outspend all their other forms of entertainment and
self-education put together on gambling.  Although Indian tribal casinos have received the most attention, criticism, and jealousy,
on the right -- from 1996 federal statistics -- is who's making money from it. There are some 557 federally recognized reservations.
About 33% do have some form of commercial gaming now, and 29% more hope to. But many -- on reservations far from population
 centers and with nothing in particular to attract tourists -- are not successful. For those who are, though, it is just about the only
business success story that Indian reservations have ever had."


Indeed , in some rural communities which no longer has it's original ecomomic base, the survival of the entire community including those on the Indian Reservations as well  satillite communities, towns and cities rely on the Native American Casinos for sustainablility.


These are all the Casinos that are located in the Oregon State


Burns (3)
The Old Camp Casino     Piaute Tribe of Indians,  2205 W. Monroe, Burns, OR 97720    (888) 343-7568   More information

Canyonville (2)
Seven Feathers Hotel & Casino Resort   Cow Creek Bank of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, 146 Chief Miwaleta Lane, Canyonville, Oregon 97417-9700    1-800-548-8461    More information

Chiloquin (Klamath Falls) (5)
Kla-Mo-Ya Casino    Owned/operated by The Klamath Tribes, 34333 Highway 97 N, Chiloquin, OR 97624    1-888-552-6692    More information

Coos Bay (1)
The Mill Casino & Hotel    Coquille Indians    Highway 101    Coos Bay, Oregon    800-953-4800    More information

Florence (6)
Three Rivers Casino Confederated Tribes of The Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuislaw Indians, 1845 US Highway 126, Florence, Oregon 97439,  (541) 997-7529, More information

Grand Ronde (8)
Spirit Mountain Casino    Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, 27100 S.W. Salmon River Highway, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347,  (800) 760-7977 More information

Lincoln City (7)
Chinook Winds Casino & Convention Center    Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, 1777 NW 44th Street, Lincoln City, OR 97367-5094, 1-888 CHINOOK or (541) 996-5825 More information

Pendleton (9)
Wildhorse Resort & Casino    Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 72777 Hwy. 331, Pendleton, OR 97801, 1-800-654-WILD (9453)  More information

Warm Springs (4)
Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort & Casino    6823 Highway 8, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761, (800) BETNWIN, (800) 831-0100 More information

Click here for an article with more info on casinos and Native Americans:
Native American Casinos on the Reservation

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