Cherokee Council Ousts Board Member

By a razor-thin margin, the Cherokee Tribal Council voted 44-43 to approve Principal Chief Patrick Lambert's (l.) resolution to shorten Angela Kephart's term by one year to end September...

Published October 10, 2016

Casino Coming to Rural Minnesota County

The land of a thousand lakes—literally— is going to be the location of a casino that the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians are building at Star Lake. However,...

Published October 10, 2016

Seminoles Oust Chairman Billie

Citing issues with policies and procedures, the Seminole Tribal Council voted 4-0 to remove James E. Billie as chairman. Billie was first elected chairman in 1979, impeached in 2001...

Published October 3, 2016

Arizona Tribe Seeks Sanctions Against State

The Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona is seeking legal sanctions against the state of Arizona for secretly colluding with its tribal competitors to try to put it out of...

Published October 3, 2016

Connecticut Tribes Explain Casino Deadline Extension

The gaming tribes of Connecticut want to do the siting right for a third casino to protect them from the predations of Massachusetts casinos. That’s why they have extended...

Published October 3, 2016

Successful Atokad Race Encourages Ho-Chunk

Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe, held races at its Atokad Park track (l.) in South Sioux City, Nebraska on September 10. Officials said the...

Published October 3, 2016

California Tribe Awaits Final Court Ruling

The Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria in Northern California has waited a long time to get permission to build its Fire Mountain Casino in Northern California....

Published October 3, 2016

Winnebago Tribe Launches Project Forward

Project Forward, the $153 million expansion program of the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe, recently kicked off, developing three Ho-Chunk Gaming-branded casinos in Wisconsin Dells (l.), Black River Falls and Wittenberg,...

Published October 3, 2016

Tribal Immunity Shuts Out Accident Victims

A couple who were severely injured in an accident involving the drunken employee of a casino in Alabama, have discovered that tribal sovereign immunity protects them from collecting any...

Published October 3, 2016

City Approves Wilton Casino Agreement

The Elk Grove, California city council unanimously approved a development agreement with the Wilton Rancheria, stating the tribe would pay the city $132 million over 20 years if its...

Published October 3, 2016

MGM Blasts Connecticut Casino Process

The gaming tribes of Connecticut, through their development arm MMCT Venture, have extended the deadline for submitting proposals for the state’s third casino until October 15. But MGM Resorts...

Published September 26, 2016

Alabama-Coushattas Await Legal Outcome

Naskila Gaming, the $9.9 million Class II gaming facility operated by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, opened in May but could close at any time, pending the outcome of...

Published September 26, 2016

Arizona Assistant AG ‘Destroys Notes’ in Casino Trial

Destroying notes of a secret meeting has gotten Arizona Assistant Attorney General Roger Banan into some embarrassing legal problems. He was called to testify in a case between the...

Published September 26, 2016

Flandreau Santee Sioux Compact Approved

The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe's new Class III gaming compact, allowing up to 1,000 slots at its recently renovated Royal River Casino and...

Published September 26, 2016

Napa Country Casino Sparks Controversy

Napa County may be wine country, but it is also whine country for a number of local governments that oppose the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ proposal to...

Published September 26, 2016

Court Declines to Expand Funding Source for Tribal Debt

A California Appeals Court has sided with the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians in Southern California in a lawsuit with Wells Fargo Bank over casino debt. The bank had...

Published September 26, 2016

Casino Parking Fee Causing Subdivision Woes

Since the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa (l.) began charging $10 for parking last August, patrons have been parking across the street in East Lake subdivision. But residents said casino...

Published September 26, 2016

Osage Nation Considers New Compact

Although its current gaming agreement with the state of Oklahoma won't expire until January 1, 2020, the Osage Nation wants to start discussions about a new Class III compact....

Published September 26, 2016

Oregon Tribe Fights Over Membership

Some tribal members say they want to expunge their tribes of ineligible members because of issues of purity of blood. Others attribute this growing phenomenon to greed

Published September 26, 2016

Audit Shows Misuse Of Tribal Funds

Although the St. Croix Chippewa operate lucrative casinos in Wisconsin, many tribal members live in substandard housing and receive just $400 a month in casino payments. An audit revealed...

Published September 26, 2016