Editing Native American gaming (section)

===Cabazon Band, 1980===
In the early 1960s, the [[Cabazon Band of Mission Indians]], near [[Indio, California]], were extremely poor and did not have much land because of neglected treaties in the 1850s by state senators.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021|reason=Un-cited fact}} Historian Stuart Banner stated that the Cabazon Band and the neighboring [[Morongo Band of Mission Indians|Morongo]] Reservation had "some [[Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]] buildings and a few trailers, but that was about it.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2005|p=332}} There was nothing really there. The people simply didn't have a lot." The Cabazon Band turned to casino operations, opening bingo and poker halls in 1980. Shortly thereafter, the Indio police and the Riverside County Sheriff shut down the gambling halls and arrested numerous Natives while seizing any cash and merchandise held in the tribe's possession. The Cabazon Band sued in federal court (''[[California v. Cabazon Band]]'') and won, as did the Seminole Tribe in Florida.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2005|p=332}}
The Supreme Court reviewed the case in 1986 to reach a decision over whether Native reservations are controlled by state law. The Court again ruled that Native gaming was to be regulated exclusively by Congress and the federal government, not state government. With tribal sovereignty upheld, the benefits of gaming became available to many tribes.