Documents Released in Arizona Tribal Lawsuit

Documents that a federal judge forced the Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona seem to show that the tribe was talking one way and acting in another way when it...

Published July 18, 2016

California Tribe Sues to Stop Casino

A Northern California tribe, the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, is suing to try to prevent a neighboring tribe, the North Fork tribe, from building an off-reservation casino in...

Published July 18, 2016

Canal Street Café Opens At Potawatomi Casino

The newest restaurant at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, Canal Street Café, will open Monday, July 18. It replaces the shuttered Locavore, a former Top 30 restaurant...

Published July 18, 2016

Pokagons Complete Tribal Village Phase I

Eight new homes recently were completed in phase one of Pokégnek Édawat Hartford (l.), the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians' new tribal village near Hartford, Michigan. Two more phases...

Published July 18, 2016

Ground Broken For Treasure Island Expansion

The Prairie Island Indian Community recently broke ground on an $86 million expansion and renovation project at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Red Wing, Minnesota. The project will...

Published July 18, 2016

California Tribes Want Card Club Crackdown

Many California gaming tribes are livid at new rules proposed by the Bureau of Gambling Control for the state’s card rooms that don’t go far enough in reining in...

Published July 11, 2016

Yreka, California Casino Remains Controversial

The Karuk Tribe of Northern California will hold a groundbreaking July 29 for its proposed $30 million casino. The under-construction casino (l.) is meant to attract players from the...

Published July 11, 2016

Deadline Extended for Tribal Compact

California failed last week to meet a court-imposed deadline for agreeing to a compact with the Enterprise Rancheria forced on it by a court-appointed mediator. The court earlier ruled...

Published July 11, 2016

Tiguas Limit Police, Media Access

Government officials and the media must get permission from the Tigua Tribe in El Paso, Texas to enter tribal lands, according to Governor Carlos Hisa (l.). The tribe claims...

Published July 11, 2016

Casino Del Sol Notes 22 Years

In Tucson, Arizona, Casino Del Sol Resort held a special 22nd anniversary celebration over the July 4 weekend, with concerts by Enrique Iglesias and KISS and a fireworks display....

Published July 11, 2016

Tribe Holds Casino Community Meeting

California’s Wilton Rancheria last week gave the public an inside look at what it proposes for its $400 million casino resort that it wants to build in Elk Grove....

Published July 11, 2016

Trust Status Sought For Safer Casino Land in Minnesota

The location of the Prairie Island Indian Community's Treasure Island Resort and Casino near Red Wing, Minnesota risks nuclear contamination and flooding. The tribe applied for federal trust status...

Published July 11, 2016

AAA Awards Four Diamonds To Twin Arrows

Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort near Flagstaff, Arizona won AAA's Four Diamonds Award for the fourth consecutive year, for its Navajo-inspired architecture and customer satisfaction. Only just 5 percent...

Published July 11, 2016

Michigan County Will Drop Land-Trust Appeal

After the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians applied to have a 12-acre parcel in Traverse City taken into federal trust, Acme Township, Michigan officials filed an...

Published July 11, 2016

Tohono Tribe Makes First Payment

Arizona’s Tohono O’Odham Nation made its first payment to the city of Glendale as part of an agreement that will see $25 million paid over the next two decades....

Published July 11, 2016

Cherokees Approve Installments For Minors

For 20 years, half of the net profits from Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina have been used for per capita payments to members Eastern Band of Cherokee...

Published July 11, 2016

Supreme Court Rejects Two Tribal Gaming Issues

The highest court in the land has declined to hear two appeals of issues to Indian Country. Two lower courts that have ruled that tribes are governed by the...

Published July 4, 2016

Washington State Casino Moves Forward

Despite legal challenges the Cowlitz Tribe is more than 40 percent finished with its ilani casino resort (l.) near La Center, Washington. Nearby tribes are crying foul and claiming...

Published July 4, 2016

Cherokees Partner In Proposed Arkansas Casino

If the group Arkansas Wins In 2016 collects enough signatures to place a constitutional amendment allowing casino gambling on the November ballot, and if voters approve the amendment, Cherokee...

Published July 4, 2016

Tribe: Second Casino Not Dead

The Big Sandy Rancheria in central California has been trying to build a second, bigger casino for more than a decade, without success. It still hasn’t given up on...

Published July 4, 2016