Katherine Spilde

Spilde was raised in Mahnomen, Minnesota on White Earth Indian Reservation although she is not a tribal member.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39085691/star_tribune/|title=The link between Harvard, reservation baffles researchers|last=Levy|first=Paul|date=2003-02-04|work=Star Tribune|access-date=2019-11-16|pages=A5|via=Newspapers.com}} Her parents were teachers.{{Cite book|title=Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development|last=Jorgensen|first=Miriam|date=2007|publisher=University of Arizona Press|isbn=9780816524235|language=en}} Spilde completed a BA in anthropology at University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1991. She earned an MA in anthropology at George Washington's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences in 1993. Her master's thesis was advised by Ruth Krulfeld, and titled "I'm gonna get mines": drugs, ethics and hope on the streets of Washington, D.C.{{Cite thesis|title="I'm gonna get mines": drugs, ethics and hope on the streets of Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28644790|date=1993|language=en|first=Katherine Ann|last=Spilde|oclc=28644790}} In 1998, Spilde became the third student to complete a Ph.D. in the cultural anthropology program at University of California, Santa Cruz.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39085860/santa_cruz_sentinel/|title=Lucky break|date=1998-09-12|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel|access-date=2019-11-16|pages=40|via=Newspapers.com}} Her doctoral advisor was Triloki Pandey. Spidle's dissertation was titled Acts of sovereignty, acts of identity: Negotiating interdependence through tribal government gaming on the White Earth Indian Reservation.{{Cite book|title=Acts of sovereignty, acts of identity: negotiating interdependence through tribal government gaming on the White Earth Indian Reservation|last=Spilde|first=Katherine Ann|year=1998|oclc=40710358}} She earned an MBA in entrepreneurship from University of California, Riverside.{{cite web|url=https://htm.sdsu.edu/about_us/profile/katherine-spilde|title=About Katherine Spilde|website=L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management|publisher=San Diego State University|access-date=November 15, 2019}}

Spilde began as a policy analyst and writer for the National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC). She was then appointed Director of Research for the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) in Washington, DC. She was a leading developer for the creation of the John F. Kennedy School of Government's National Indian Gaming Library and Resource Center.

In 2003, Spilde was hired as Executive Director for the Center of California Native Nations, and in 2008, she was named the Endowed Chair of the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming at San Diego State University.{{cite web|url=https://www.library.unlv.edu/newsblog/2017/10/katherine-spilde-papers-native-american-gaming-available-researchers.html|title=Katherine Spilde Papers On Native American Gaming Available For Researchers|website=Libraries News Blog|publisher=University of Nevada, Las Vegas|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115173927/https://www.library.unlv.edu/newsblog/2017/10/katherine-spilde-papers-native-american-gaming-available-researchers.html|url-status=dead}}

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