TRIBAL GAMING
A just-released ruling by the Department of the Interior makes it more likely that the Tohono O'odham tribe of Arizona will be able to build its proposed casino in...
Rival Tribal Factions to Settle Dispute With Election
The rift that threatened to tear the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California to pieces with potential bloodshed could be healed by an election that rival factions have...
Duluth Council Considers Casino Resolution
Duluth, Minnesota recently imposed a street fee to replace the $6 million in annual revenue it received from the Fond du Lac tribe's downtown casino, until the tribe stopped...
Ho-Chunk Tribe Maintains Payouts
Ho-Chunk tribal legislators recently voted not to change how trust fund money, generated by successful casino operations, is distributed to 18-year-olds who graduate high school. The payouts frequently are...
Counselor Billed For Time At Casino
Investigators used mental health counselor Annie G. King's player card at the Hard Rock Tulsa to determine she was gambling there while charging $14,000 for fake appointments at Oklahoma...
Congressmen Support Catawba Application
Three U.S. Congressmen—with no North Carolina connections—and former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (l.) recently asked the U.S. Interior Department to approve the land-trust application of the South Carolina-based...
Politicians Seek Out, Scorn Tribal Donations
Some Republican candidates for national and statewide offices in Alabama seek out and happily accept donations from Native American tribes. Others refuse to accept money from tribes connected with...
Choctaw Case Goes Back To State Court
The MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians wanted a federal court to hear its case regarding the Mobile County, Alabama Sheriff's Office's seizure of 50 gaming machines in 2013. The...
North California Casino Ready to Pay off Loan
This could be a record: The Graton Rancheria of Northern California has positioned itself to pay off its $200-million redevelopment loan seven months after opening the Graton Resort and...
Senecas Open New York Mini-Casino
Seneca Gaming Corp., based in western New York, has opened its newest gaming facility, the Oil Spring Casino in the town of Cuba. The mini-casino has 100 slot machines...
BIA Clears Way for Arizona Casino
The Indian Affairs division of the Interior Department last week indicated it would approve the request of the Tohono O’odham Nation to take a plot of land into trust...
Federal Court Agrees With Massachusetts Tribe About Jurisdiction
A federal judge agrees with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) that its lawsuit with the state of Massachusetts over its desire to build a Class II casino...
California Wants to Maintain Firearms Ban at Tribal Casino
A two-week federal restraining order banning firearms within 300 feet of the Rolling Hills Casino has done such a good job of maintaining the peace on the strife-torn reservation...
Cowlitz Tribe To Upgrade Site—Maybe
The Cowlitz Tribe wants to spend $30 million to develop its 152-acre tract in Clark County, Washington, which the Department of Interior has taken into federal trust. But the...
California Tribe Waits for Legislature to Ratify Compact
Twelve years after beginning its efforts to build a casino, the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe is waiting for the California legislature to act on its gaming compact with the...
California Voters Could Repeal Tribal Compact
Voters in the Golden State will vote on whether to overturn a tribal gaming compact with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians that allows them to build an...
Loan Package Allows Choctaw Renovations
The Silver Star Hotel and Casino will get a facelift and the Golden Moon Hotel Casino (l.) will reopen thanks to a loan package recently received by the Choctaw...
Plans for Spa Hotel Site Still in Flux
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians are not yet revealing what they will do with the land when they demolish the Spa Resort hotel in Palm Springs. The...
Foxwoods Teams With Major Concert Promoter
AEG Live of Los Angeles will bring to performers to Foxwoods Resort Casino through an agreement designed to help Foxwoods stand out in an increasingly competitive market. AEG Live...
Bingo Gone, Hotel Coming At Potawatomi
In anticipation of its new $97.5 million, 381-room hotel, opening August 18, "bingo" is gone from the name of the Forest County Potawatomi Community's Milwaukee facility. Now it's Potawatomi...