Interior Department Said Applications ‘Mandatory’

The U.S. Department of the Interior said the Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians' land-trust applications for two parcels are mandatory under the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement...

Published February 6, 2017

Harrah’s Cherokee Announces Expansion

Harrah's Cherokee Resort in Cherokee, North Carolina announced a $250 million expansion project that will add a fourth 600-800-room hotel tower, a 100,000 square foot event center and a...

Published February 6, 2017

Change of Administrations Puts Elk Grove in Limbo

The Elk Grove, California city council has postponed putting an anti-casino referendum on the June ballot because of new facts that have surfaced about the Wilton Rancheria’s proposal to...

Published February 6, 2017

Ute Tribe Wants to Buy BLM Land for Casino

The Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation wants the Bureau of Land Management to sell it 2,453 acres that will connect its Utah reservation with the Colorado...

Published February 6, 2017

California Tribe Wants to Move Casino

The Board of Supervisors of Tulare County, California has set up a committee to study what position to take on the proposal by the Tulare River Tribe to move...

Published February 6, 2017

California Tribe Breaks Ground on Gas Station

The California tribe that operates the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino (l.) has broken ground on “Chukchansi Crossing” an 18-pump service station in Coarsegold. The station will also have...

Published February 6, 2017

California County Opposes Tribe’s Request

The Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians wants to add to the size of its reservation by putting 875 acres into trust. The Amador County, California Board of Supervisors has...

Published February 6, 2017

Michigan Governor Asks Court To Toss Lawsuit

The Bay Mills Indian Community has sued Michigan Governor Rick Snyder for a declaration that its land in Vanderbilt, Michigan, site of its closed casino, is "Indian lands" because...

Published January 30, 2017

Florida Appeals Seminole Blackjack Ruling

The state of Florida is appealing a ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle allowing the Seminole Tribe exclusivity to continue to offer blackjack. Last November Hinkle ruled...

Published January 30, 2017

GOP Native Americans Seek Trump Posts

Indians who have been previously active in the Republican Party are making it known that they would like to serve with the Trump Administration. Several, including Cherokee member Jana...

Published January 30, 2017

Oregon Tribe Greenlighted for Casino

The Office of Indian Gaming sent a memo to Oregon’s Coquille Tribe indicating that it could put a second casino 170 miles from its Coos Bay reservation in Medford....

Published January 30, 2017

Ute Tribe Back With Casino Proposal

The Utah-based Ute Indian Tribe of The Uintah And Ouray Reservation tried to put a casino in Dinosaur, Colorado in 2011. That time it was unsuccessful, but its betting...

Published January 30, 2017

Study: Wisconsin Casino Could Cannibalize $37 Million

Wisconsin casinos operated by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band and other tribes could lose $37 million annually from the $33 million expansion (l.) at the Ho-Chunk casino in Wittenberg, according to...

Published January 30, 2017

Connecticut Gaming Tribes Face Public Over Casino Proposal

About 300 attended the first of several public meetings MMCT ventures will be holding to drum up support among the residents of two towns where it is considering siting...

Published January 30, 2017

Completed River Spirit Welcomed Buffett

Jimmy Buffett performed for 3,000 fans at the new Paradise Cove theater in the Margaritaville casino at the River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa. The concert marked the completion...

Published January 30, 2017

Florida Legislators Process Galvano’s Proposal

Florida Senator Bill Galvano’s wide-ranging gambling proposal attempts to strike a balance between the requirements of the Seminole Tribe, which operates the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Hollywood (l.),...

Published January 23, 2017

Connecticut Lawmakers Skeptical About Third Indian Casino

Some Connecticut lawmakers aren’t entirely sold on the idea that a third, satellite Indian casino to help the two gaming tribes ward off competition from Massachusetts is a good...

Published January 23, 2017

Oklahoma Tribes Open, Anticipate Casinos

The Cherokee Nation recently opened its 10th casino, Cherokee Casino Grove (l.), in the northeast corner of the state. Due west in the panhandle, the Shawnee Tribe awaits the...

Published January 23, 2017

California City Council to Get Casino Update

The Timbisha Shosone Tribe, which is based near Death Valley, was scheduled to give an update on its proposed $29 million off-reservation casino in Ridgecrest, Kern County, California, near...

Published January 23, 2017

Ho-Chunk Sues Petition Organizers

Ho-Chunk filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against Northstar Campaign Systems, which failed to gather enough signatures to place on the November ballot a proposal to allow casino gambling in...

Published January 23, 2017