Hearing Set For Illinois Environmental Impact Statement

The Bureau of Indiana Affairs will hold a public hearing January 26 in Shabbona, Illinois—the first step to develop an environmental impact statement for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's...

Published January 18, 2016

Mashpee Wampanoag Get Reservation

Last week the federal government approved land into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts, opening the door for the tribe to build a casino resort in Taunton....

Published January 11, 2016

Top Court Will Hear Several Landmark Indian Rights Cases

The question of indigenous Indian rights versus the U.S. Constitution’s rights guaranteed to all its citizens will be the subject of three cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will...

Published January 11, 2016

Connecticut AG Asks Court to Dismiss MGM suit

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen (l.) has filed papers with a federal court asking it to dismiss a lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts that seeks to overturn a law...

Published January 11, 2016

Kansas Tribe Proposes Illinois Casino

A public meeting will be held January 26 for input on an environmental impact study for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas' proposed casino to be built on...

Published January 11, 2016

Mohegan Sun Hotel Rising

The second Mohegan Sun Casino’s hotel, the 400-room Earth Tower, is starting to stab into the skyline, heralding an October 2016 opening. Steel girders are being lifted to create...

Published January 11, 2016

Washington Tribe Expands Gaming Floor

A 16,000-square-foot gaming-floor expansion recently opened at the Chehalis Tribe's Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, Washington. Part of an ongoing expansion project that started in February 2015, the new...

Published January 11, 2016

New Mexico, Nambe Pueblo Compact Approved

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs recently approved the Class III gaming compact between New Mexico and the Nambe Pueblo. It's the state's 13th approved agreement, ranking New Mexico...

Published January 11, 2016

Navajo’s Northern Edge Turns Four

Northern Edge Navajo Casino near Farmington, New Mexico will celebrate its fourth anniversary with cash and prize giveaways, including a $40,000 Anniversary Celebration with 20 winners daily. The property...

Published January 11, 2016

Cocopah Tribe Impacts Local Economy

One of Yuma County, Arizona's top employers, the Cocopah Indian Tribe provides 700 jobs at its Cocopah Resort and Casino, in tribal government and other enterprises, according to an...

Published January 11, 2016

California Casino Reopens after 14 Months

A California casino that was closed 14 months ago due to an armed incursion by a faction of the Picayune Rancheria reopened on the 31st day of December. The...

Published January 4, 2016

Kansas Can’t Block Downstream Expansion

A lawsuit by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Cherokee County Commission seeking to block Downstream Casino's expansion into Kansas was tossed out by federal Judge Daniel Crabtree....

Published January 4, 2016

Texas Tribes Could Reopen Casinos

Texas Attorney General Kenneth Paxton has filed a lawsuit to stop the Texas Tigua (Speaking Rock casino at left) and the Alabama-Coushatta tribes from reopen their casinos, both closed...

Published January 4, 2016

Tribes Won’t Decide on Third Connecticut Casino Until Later in 2016

The Mohegan and Pequot tribes, the two Connecticut gaming tribes, won’t make a decision on where to site a third tribal casino until much later this year, at least...

Published January 4, 2016

Catawba Nation Awaits Decision

The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation is waiting to hear if the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs will take into trust 16 acres in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The...

Published January 4, 2016

Seminoles, Genting Giving In Florida

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has given more than $2.7 million in the past three years to Florida politicians and PACs, including $100,000 to the Republican Party of Florida...

Published January 4, 2016

Virginia Tribe’s Federal Recognition on Hold

The application by the Virginia tribe whose ancestors greeted the first settlers in the state 400 years ago has been waiting for years to be granted federal recognition. Currently...

Published January 4, 2016

Tribe Goes to Court to Prevent ‘306’ From Voting

A tribe in Washington wants to prevent 306 members tagged for being “disenrolled” from the tribe from voting in the next tribal election. Meanwhile the tribe’s casino has closed.

Published January 4, 2016

California Tribe Plans $285 Million Expansion

The owners of one of the largest and most profitable Indian casino resorts in California have begun a $285 million expansion. The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians in Riverside...

Published January 4, 2016

Miccosukees Lose Another Legal Round

Both a federal judge and an appeals court panel have claimed the Miccosukee Tribe's a lawsuit against Miami attorneys Guy Lewis, Michael Tein and Dexter Lehtinen had “no evidence...

Published January 4, 2016