Lobbyists at Work

Danielle Her Many Horses

Deputy Executive DirectorNational Indian Gaming Association

Danielle Her Many Horsesis deputy executive director at the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), where she has worked since 2005, beginning as legislative director before being promoted in 2012. The NIGA is a trade association that represents Native American tribes that have casinos or other organized gambling on their lands. In 2011, it reported spending $465,000 on lobbying.

Trade associations make up about one quarter of all of the interest groups active in Washington, because virtually every industry in the United States has one or more trade association ...