TRIBAL GAMING
While the Muscogee (Creek) Nation awaits an environmental permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, the Margaritaville development at the tribe's River Spirit Casino in Tulsa is on hold....
Congress Once Again Considers IGRA Reform
It has been many years since Congress looked seriously at reforming the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, but now several factors are at work to possibly make that happen. Minnesota...
BIA Extends Comment for Tribal Recognition
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has extended by 60 days the public comment period for its proposed regulations that would make it easier for the federal government to recognize...
New Mexico Tribe Goes Over Governor’s Head to Feds Over Compact
The Pueblo of Pojoaque and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez have stopped talking about the tribe’s gaming compact. So the tribal Governor George Rivera (l.) has gone over the...
Tribes Battle Over Trust Land
In District Court, the Cherokee Nation said the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians' casino should remain closed. The UKB said that would interfere with its sovereign rights. Judge...
New York County Exec: Nix to Casinos
In a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the U.S. Interior Department, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks vowed to fight any future attempt by the Seneca Nation...
Oklahoma Indian Casinos Add Amenities
The Wyandotte, Choctaw and Muscogee (Creek) tribes in Oklahoma are spending millions of dollars to expand their casinos and transform the properties into family-friendly destinations within the next year....
Developers Pray For Casino Success
An empty megachurch building near Detroit Metro Airport could become a casino. Backers include the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, which opened and lost Greektown Casino in...
Protesters Decry Kings Mountain Casino
At a recent meeting of the Kings Mountain, North Carolina city council, dozens of members of the anti-gambling Kings Mountain Awareness Group recently made their feelings known about the...
Grand Ronde Disenrolls 86 Family Members
In an action she described as "morally and ethically reprehensible," Mia Pickett said although an ancestor was a tribal chief, 86 members of her family were disenrolled by the...
Catawbas Re-Open Bingo Hall
For the first time since 2006, when the Catawba Indian Nation closed its bingo operation in Rock Hill, South Carolina, bingo is back in a former grocery store. Meanwhile,...
August 1 Deadline for Comments on Federal Recognition Rules
The deadline is near for commenting on the federal government’s proposed new regulations governing how tribes are recognized. Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn (l.) says reform is long overdue.
Cherokee Nation Announces 8th Casino
The Cherokee Nation will start construction next month on its eighth casino, located on a restricted Indian allotment one mile south of the Kansas border in South Coffeyville. The...
Mashpee Chief Skeptical About Casino
The chief of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, Vernon “Silent Drum” Lopez (l.) is mainly supportive of the tribe’s proposed $500 million casino in Taunton, Massachusetts, but he is also...
Major Renovations At Sandia Pueblo
When New Mexico's economy rebounds, Sandia Pueblo near Albuquerque will be ready, thanks to a major building boom going on now. Projects include remodeling the casino to include a...
Menominees Await Kenosha Casino Decision
While Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (l.) has until February 19, 2015, to make a decision about the Menominee Tribe's proposed off-reservation casino in Kenosha, things are not getting any...
U.S. Senator’s Biggest Donor is a Casino
The Lytton Band of Pomo Indians, owners of the San Pablo Lytton Casino think so highly of Alaska’s U.S. Senator Mark Begich (l.) that they are his largest campaign...
Oklahoma Tribe Will Re-Submit Application
The Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma said it agreed with U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson that its lawsuit, claiming the U.S. Department of Interior unreasonably delayed addressing its land-to-trust application,...
Glendale Council Switches on Casino
The city council of Glendale, Arizona has dropped its opposition and lawsuit against a casino adjacent to the town proposed by the Tohono O'odham Nation. The Desert Diamond Glendale...
California Tribes Anticipate New Federal Rules
While new rules proposed by the federal government for recognizing tribes that existed after 1934 would have a wide-ranging effect nationally, several California tribes are watching their progress with...