Walker Will Allow Ho-Chunk Expansion

Last year Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker rejected the Menominee Tribe's proposed Kenosha casino. Now Walker claims he's legally bound to allow the Ho-Chunk Nation's $33 million expansion at its...

Published October 31, 2016

Texas Threatens Naskila Gaming—Again

The Alabama-Coushatta tribe's Naskila Gaming in Livingston, Texas attracted 38,000 visitors since its June 2 opening. But it could be shut down for illegal gambling, like it was in...

Published October 31, 2016

Mohegan Sun Hotel Nears Opening

It took 10 years to happen, but after all that waiting the Mohegan Sun Hotel’s Earth Tower (l.) will open in November. Its 14 stories instead of 43, but...

Published October 31, 2016

Minnesota Tribe Presents Plans Land Plans

A large crowd turned out for a presentation by the Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe regarding its purchase of 112 acres in West Lakeland Township, Minnesota. Some residents fear...

Published October 31, 2016

California Casino Site for Sale

For years the Pinoleville Pomo Nation in Northern California has said it planned to build a casino in Ukiah. Now the former car dealership (l.) is for sale.

Published October 31, 2016

Mass Tribe Appeals Federal Ruling

A tribe based on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is continuing its battle to offer Class II gaming on the island in a former community center (l.). The Wampanoag Tribe of...

Published October 31, 2016

California Tribe Repays Debt to Penn

A tribe in the backcountry of San Diego County, California, the Jamul Indian Village, has completed refinancing $460 million. This will allow it to pay back Penn National Gaming...

Published October 31, 2016

California Casino Project Moves Forward

The Wilton Rancheria, near Sacramento, wants to put 36 acres in Elk Grove into trust to build a $400 million casino. It is steadily moving forward with the process...

Published October 31, 2016

Michigan Tribes Generated $28.6 Million

Casinos operated by Michigan's 12 Native American governments sent $28.6 million to local governments and revenue-sharing boards in 2015—a 1.8 percent drop from 2014. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi...

Published October 31, 2016

Vote Backs Casino Relocation Effort

The Tule River Tribe of California got some love from the Porterville city council last week. The council voted to support the tribe’s efforts to move and expand its...

Published October 31, 2016

Lawmaker Requests HUD Investigate Tribe

An investigation of a 2015 audit of the St. Croix Chippewa tribe by the Wisconsin Public Research Institute uncovered alarming questions about the distribution of federal grants meant to...

Published October 31, 2016

Appeals Court Upholds California Casino

The right of the Northern California Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians to finish their $186 million Fire Mountain Resort and Casino has been upheld by a Court of Appeal....

Published October 24, 2016

Connecticut Gaming Tribes Get Five Location Bids

MMCT Venture, which represents Connecticut’s two gaming tribes, has received five bids from communities near Hartford that have bid to host a third tribal casino, including the defunct Showcase...

Published October 24, 2016

Ho-Chunk Expansion Alarms Tribes

Ho-Chunk's $33 million expansion at its Wittenberg, Wisconsin casino has alarmed the Stockbridge-Munsee and Menominee tribes. They claim the project, which includes a larger gaming floor, hotel and bar,...

Published October 24, 2016

California Casino Moves Forward, Quietly

The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians denies that it has tried to keep its efforts to obtain federal blessing for a $700 million casino near Vallejo, California was...

Published October 24, 2016

Judge Upholds Mashpee Casino Slapdown

Judge William Young, who in July ruled that the Department of the Interior made a mistake when it put land in Taunton, Massachusetts into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag...

Published October 24, 2016

Shoshone Casino Adds Hotel, Jobs

The Eastern Shoshone Nation recently held a grand opening for the $30 million expansion at its Shoshone Rose Casino & Hotel in Lander, Wyoming. The project created 100 construction...

Published October 24, 2016

Citizens OK OK Development—Without Gambling

A proposed development on Muscogee (Creek) land in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma is stirring up bad memories of the Kialegee Tribal Town's controversial, uncompleted Red Clay Casino. City Attorney Beth...

Published October 24, 2016

NLRB Action Revives Interest in Bill

Tribes that maintain near absolute claims of sovereign are running afoul of an activist National Labor Relations Board that claims that tribal casinos are subject to federal labor laws....

Published October 24, 2016

Leaflet Causes Anger Among Minnesota Tribe, Residents

A leaflet traced to the Pioneer Press in Lakeland Township, Minnesota claimed the Prairie Island Indian Community planned to build a casino on land it purchased to eventually replace...

Published October 24, 2016