“More-traditional Natives are more-healthy Natives. Silver Wolf said that Native Americans who aim to live a traditional life - such as going to ceremonies and refraining from alcohol and drugs - have the least amount of problems with gambling. I was involved in a study looking at American Indian gaming and how those two things play together and how one might protect the other or might influence the other,” said Silver Wolf, a Cherokee descendant. “Substance-abuse disorder sort of co-occurs with gaming disorders. Louis, Missouri, studies gambling addiction, including among Native American gamblers.
Washington University David Patterson Silver Wolf, a researcher at Washington University in St.
