Washington Tribe Ordered to Shutter Casino

The Nooksack Tribe of Washington state has been ordered by the National Indian Gaming Commission to close its Northwood Casino because an illegitimate government is in place and is...

Published June 19, 2017

Connecticut Casino Could Begin Building This Fall

With the approval by the Connecticut legislature accomplished, the state’s two gaming tribes say they can begin work on the third casino (l.) in the state as soon as...

Published June 19, 2017

House Committee Chairman Irks Colleagues Over Indian Affairs

The committee chairman who oversees Indian affairs is setting a lot of teeth on edge with his apparent anti-tribal statements. Rep. Rob Bishop (l.) has been open in his...

Published June 19, 2017

Texas Sues Tiguas Over Bingo–Again

The state of Texas closed the Tigua Tribe's original gaming operation in 2002. Now Texas sued the tribe again, claiming the electronic bingo games at its Speaking Rock Entertainment...

Published June 19, 2017

KBIC Release Project Details

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community's Ojibwa II Casino in Chocolay Township, Michigan, is expected to open September 1, 2018, with 500 slots and new table games. The project also...

Published June 19, 2017

Tribe Sues Sheriff, Claiming False Imprisonment

A tribe in Riverside County is suing Sheriff Stanley Sniff and several detectives, claiming that the department overstepped its bounds during an investigation of a missing person case. The...

Published June 19, 2017

Seminole Hard Rock Relocates Poker Room

Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida recently relocated its poker room from its longtime site in Seminole Paradise to the ballrooms indoors. It's easily accessed through the Seminole Way...

Published June 19, 2017

Oklahoma Restaurant Opens At Controversial Site

In 2012 the Kialegee Tribal Town unsuccessfully attempted to open the Red Clay Casino in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Now a restaurant is coming to the controversial site, an allotment...

Published June 19, 2017

Casino Petition Drive Narrowly Fails

A petition drive to allow a referendum on the proposed $25 million Red Water Casino in Leake County, Mississippi recently failed by five votes, said Mississippi Band of Choctaw...

Published June 12, 2017

Osage Pursuing Missouri Casino

The Osage Nation operates seven Oklahoma casinos but it's pursuing a Missouri facility, using an exemption in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act allowing land within a tribe's ancestral reservation...

Published June 12, 2017

Former NIGC Chairman Calls for Shutting Down Casino

The National Indian Gaming Commission needs to exercise its authority and close down the Nooksack Northwood Casino (l.), owned by the Nooksack Tribe of Washington. So says former NIGC...

Published June 12, 2017

Casino Transforms Cowlitz Tribal Members’ Lives

The 4,000 members of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe of Washington state will soon find out how the opening in April of the $510 million Ilani Casino Resort near La...

Published June 12, 2017

Tribe Reveals Name, Logo of New Casino

The Spokane Tribe of Washington last week revealed the name of the $400 million casino (l.) it is building in the western part of the state: Spokane Tribe Casino....

Published June 12, 2017

Pot Luck for Nevada’s Indian Tribes

Good news for Native Americans as Nevada’s lawmakers called it quits for another two years. Good for the state’s Indian tribes, who will be allowed into the marijuana business...

Published June 12, 2017

Alabama-Coushatta Powwows Despite Lawsuit

The 49th annual Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Powwow recently was held near Livingston, Texas. The event celebrates the tribe’s traditions and culture but this year in the background was the state’s...

Published June 12, 2017

Tribe Overpaid For Parking Access

Following an investigation, the National Indian Gaming Commission concluded $50,000 was too much for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes to pay for a monthly parking-lot lease at its Lucky...

Published June 12, 2017

Gun Lake Tribe Makes Distribution

The Gun Lake Tribe has distributed more than $6.7 million revenue sharing payments to the state of Michigan, local governments and nonprofits and its economic development entity. The payment...

Published June 12, 2017

Cache Creek Hotel Expansion Begins

The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation “broke pavement” in a parking lot last week on the expansion of the Cache Creek Casino Resort’s (l.) hotel. The tribe plans 459 new...

Published June 12, 2017

Some Tribes Turn to Pot

Many tribes that have supplemented their tribal governments with gaming, may soon be asking, “What are you smoking?” as they consider branching out into pot growing and sales. They...

Published June 12, 2017

Revenue Sharing in Jeopardy in N.Y. Compact Dispute

Since 2002, the Seneca Indian Nation has been paying the state of New York 25 percent of the slot revenue from its three casinos, including Casino Niagara (l.). But...

Published June 5, 2017