2023 Sherman & Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Memorial Lecture in History

“More than Casinos: Concepts of Wealth and Tradition in Indian Gaming”

Today’s casinos serve as gathering places for Native American communities just as sites of games and competitions did for our ancestors. Laurie Arnold, PhD, will explain how contemporary Indian gaming connects to cultural traditions of spirituality and gambling that reinforce tribal political sovereignty in the present.

Thu., March 30 • noon • CUE 518, WSU Pullman

Arnold is an enrolled citizen of the Sinixt Band of the Colville Confederate Tribes. She is an associate professor of history, director of Native American studies, and the Robert K. and Ann J. Powers chair of humanities at Gonzaga University.

If you need accommodations to fully participate in this event, please contact Lawrence Hatter at lawrence.hatter@wsu.edu at least five business days in advance.

The Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Memorial Lecture in History aims to advance the study of the Pacific Northwest and to amplify scholarship about the communities WSU serves in its land-grant mission.