Osage Casino Gives $1 Million For Giraffe Barn at Tulsa Zoo

The Tulsa Zoo will expand its giraffe barn thanks to a $1 million donation from Osage Casino. Construction will start early next year on the 2,000 square foot facility...

Published June 27, 2016

Washington Governor Approves Spokane Tribe’s Casino

Governor Jay Inslee (l.) of Washington has approved the off-reservation casino proposed by the Spokane Indian tribe, calling the $400 million the Spokane Tribe Economic Project – STEP. The...

Published June 20, 2016

9th Circuit Rules for Southern California Casino

A court of appeals has ruled that the National Indian Gaming Commission is not required to complete an environmental impact statement before granting permission for California’s Jamul Indian Village...

Published June 20, 2016

Measure Exempting Tribes from Labor Laws Might be Defense Bill Rider

Supporters of a bill that would exempt Indian tribes from federal labor laws hope to slip it past a possible veto by President Obama (l.) by making a rider...

Published June 20, 2016

Northern California Tribe Chooses Alternative Site for Casino

The Wilton Rancheria in Northern California has chosen to build its proposed casino on 35.9 acres in Elk Grove, passing up on nearby Galt because it faced $30 million...

Published June 20, 2016

Connecticut Tribe Tries Again for Federal Recognition

The Schaghticoke Indian Tribe based in Kent, Connecticut has applied for a second time to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to grant it federal status. It has done so...

Published June 20, 2016

Pojoaque Pueblo Awaits Legal Outcomes

The Pueblo of Pojoaque in New Mexico operates two casinos, including Buffalo Thunder (l.) outside of Santa Fe, although its state gaming compact expired last year. Unlike other pueblos,...

Published June 20, 2016

Yreka, California Casino Could Cost Neighbors 22 percent

The casino that the Karuk Tribe of Yreka is building in Northern California could lose 22 percent or more of its revenues if the Coquille Indian Tribe is allowed...

Published June 20, 2016

Minnesota Tribal Casinos Lure Millennials

Casinos need to “rethink their casino floor” to attract younger players who favor table games over slots, said author Dave Palermo. At Mystic Lake (l.) in Minnesota, “cosmic blackjack,”...

Published June 20, 2016

Group Protests Proposed White Earth Casino

The White Earth Nation wants to build a casino on trust land it owns on Star Lake in Minnesota. But the Star Lake Concerned Citizens Group recently met to...

Published June 20, 2016

Duluth, Tribe Settle Long-term Legal Battle

After seven years of lawsuits and countersuits, the city of Duluth, Minnesota and the Fond du Lac Band have agreed that the tribe will pay the city $150,000 annually...

Published June 13, 2016

Ruling Endangers Texas Tribal Casino

Naskila Entertainment, the Alabama-Coushatta's bingo hall on its Polk County, Texas, reservation, recently held a grand opening. But its days could be numbered following a federal judge's ruling against...

Published June 13, 2016

Seminoles, Florida File Dueling Motions

Both the Seminole Tribe of Florida and state officials recently filed motions for summary judgments in federal court. The tribe asked U.S. Judge Robert Hinkle to declare it can...

Published June 13, 2016

Cayuga Nation Can Sue NY Village

A three-judge panel for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a prior decision by U.S. District Judge David Hurd, who in May 2015 ruled a Cayuga Indian Nation...

Published June 13, 2016

Arizona Gaming Director Wants Behind the Scenes Notes in Lawsuit

Daniel Bergin, director of gaming for Arizona, seeks to force the Tohono O’odham Nation to reveal documents that would cast lights on its inner workings as far back as...

Published June 13, 2016

Senecas Bid for Rochester Casino

The Seneca tribe is looking to short-circuit competition by teaming with businessman Robert Morgan (l.) to open a casino in downtown Rochester, New York.

Published June 13, 2016

Connecticut Tribe Tries Again for Federal Recognition

The Schaghticoke Indian Tribe of Kent, Connecticut is petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs to give its application for federal recognition a second look. The tribe hopes to become...

Published June 13, 2016

California Tribe Eyes Spring 2017 Opening for Casino

The Northern California Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of Enterprise Rancheria anticipates opening its Fire Mountain Casino (l.) next spring. The tribe has been waiting for 15 years.

Published June 13, 2016

California Casino was Target of Credit Fraud Says Grand Jury

A federal grand jury has charged two people with operating a wire fraud that siphoned a total of $1.2 million from several casinos including the Cache Creek Casino in...

Published June 13, 2016

North Dakota Tribe Drills Own Oil

Under the motto "Sovereignty by the Barrel," the Three Affiliated Tribes has taken over oil production on its Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. Its company, Missouri River Resources,...

Published June 13, 2016