Texas Opposes Tigua Gaming

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (l.) on December 9 filed a federal complaint to stop the Tigua Tribe of El Paso from reopening its Speaking Rock casino, which is...

Published December 21, 2015

Controversial Arizona Casino Prepares to Open December 20

The Desert Diamond West Casino (l.) near Glendale, Arizona, is preparing to open on December 20 with a Class II operation. The casino will open with 1,089 slot machines.

Published December 21, 2015

Connecticut Tribes Delay Deadline for Selecting Casino Site

MMCT, the entity created by Connecticut’s gaming tribes, the Pequot and Mohegan tribes to determine a site for a satellite casino, has postponed the decision. The original deadline was...

Published December 21, 2015

Washington Tribe Reveals Details for La Center Casino

Washington’s Cowlitz Indian Tribe last week revealed more details for its $510 million casino (l.) that began construction recently in La Center. The controversial casino is anticipating a spring...

Published December 21, 2015

Many Changes for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently voted for sweeping changes to tribal leadership and opened a second tribal casino and an $82 million hospital to promote wellness and...

Published December 21, 2015

Off-Reservation Residents Want To Vote

The 2,660 Santee Sioux members who live off the Knox County, Nebraska reservation want the same voting rights as the 800 who live there. Petitions are circulating to hold...

Published December 21, 2015

Salish, Kootenai Casino Work Underway

A new Gray Wolf Casino near Evaro, Montana, will open by the end of 2016, but without a 70-room hotel, RV park, and convenience store, officials for the Confederate...

Published December 21, 2015

Massachusetts Tribe Appeals Casino Ruling

A Massachusetts tribe that wants to open a Class II casino on Martha Vineyard is not taking no for an answer from a federal judge. The Wampanoag Tribe of...

Published December 21, 2015

Oklahoma Tribal Casinos Lure Arkansans

Along the Oklahoma border, five tribal casinos lure Arkansas gamblers with Las Vegas-style properties and attractive hotels. One of the newest tribal-casino hotels, located just minutes from Fort Smith,...

Published December 21, 2015

Shoshone-Bannock Proceed with Casino Planning

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are moving forward with construction of a proposed 70,000-square-foot casino in Fort Hall, Idaho, and are meeting with three architectural firms to choose a design and...

Published December 21, 2015

Opponents of California Casino Expansion Use Water Rights as Weapon

Opponents of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians plans to renovate the Chumash Casino Resort have discovered a new weapon: a court decision more than a century old...

Published December 21, 2015

Snoqualmie Tribe Claims City Discriminated

The long-simmering battle between the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe and the city of Snoqualmie, Washington has boiled over to a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court by the tribe against...

Published December 21, 2015

Ho-Chunk Unveils Development Plans

Four development projects totaling $107 million recently were announced by Ho-Chunk Incorporated, the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Plans include the $75 million Flatwater Crossing...

Published December 21, 2015

Washington Tribe Buys Country Club

Washington’s Kalispel Tribe recently closed the purchase of the state’s oldest golf course, the Spokane Country Club (l.) for $3 million. It has renamed it the Kalispel Golf and...

Published December 21, 2015

Event Center Coming To Apache Casino

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe broke ground on a new event center at its Apache Casino Hotel in Lawton, Oklahoma. The $27 million, 50,000 square foot center, opening in...

Published December 21, 2015

California Tribe Plans Casino Expansion, Hotel

Southern California’s Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is beginning to hint at its plans for a new hotel and expansion of its Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs....

Published December 21, 2015

House Bill Would Strip BIA of Authority to Recognize Tribes

Congress would have sole authority to recognize Indian tribes if the Tribal Recognition Act of 2015 passes first the House of Representatives and then the Senate. The bill’s sponsor...

Published December 14, 2015

Spokane Tribe May Soon Get Right to Casino

Members of the 3,000-member Spokane Tribe are hoping that Washington Governor Jay Inslee (l.) will approve of putting land into trust near Spokane that would allow the tribe to...

Published December 14, 2015

Bill Would Recognize Tribe

A Montana tribe, the Little Shell Chippewa, has been waiting for 37 years for the federal government to recognize it. It is the only tribe to have the Bureau...

Published December 14, 2015

No Movement on House Bill to Stop Arizona Casino

It appears that the Tohono O’odham Nation will be able to open its Desert Diamond West Valley Resort on December 20 on schedule without interference from a bill in...

Published December 14, 2015