Off-reservation Casino Subject of California Referendum

Very few issues release the floodgates of political money in California like voters initiatives involving Indian gaming. The otherwise staid list of measures on the November ballot includes one...

Published June 23, 2014

San Diego Contractor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Tribe

A Southern California contractor has pled guilty for defrauding a Northern California tribe, the Auburn Indian Community out of $17 million. Bart Wayne Volen admitted to federal charges for...

Published June 23, 2014

Wisconsin Tribe Must Remove Video Games

A federal judge recently ordered the Ho-Chunk tribe to remove video poker games from its casino in Madison, Wisconsin. The judge said the games defy the tribe's compact with...

Published June 23, 2014

California Tribe’s Loan Fuels Casino Suspicions

Officials in California’s wine country are always on the lookout for suspicious activities by Indian tribes, who they worry might build a casino in Napa Valley. So they are...

Published June 23, 2014

Family Desires Casino On Trust Land

Land owned by Quinault Nation member Roberta Law Ross was placed in trust in the 1920s. Now family members want to pursue a casino on the 0.79-acre site—but there's...

Published June 23, 2014

Seminoles’ Empire Grows Beyond Gambling

Looking ahead to a future where gambling revenue may not be as secure, the Seminole Tribe of Florida is expanding its operations to cattle, seafood, beverages, wine, construction and...

Published June 23, 2014

Supreme Court Decision Already Having Impact

Since the U.S. Supreme Court declared Native American tribes are sovereign nations that can't be sued, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe applied to the Interior Department to have its...

Published June 16, 2014

NIGC Takes Hits

The National Indian Gaming Commission did not have a good week. The recently federally recognized Fort Sill Apache Tribe has sued the in federal court for its failure, after...

Published June 16, 2014

NY Towns Take the Money

Several cities and towns in Oneida and Madison counties in New York State have agreed to accept funding from Oneida Nation gaming revenues to compensate for income lost when...

Published June 16, 2014

Connecticut Fights Amended Recognition Guidelines

The Constitution State is ready to fight any change to federal law that would relax the U.S. government’s requirements for recognition of Indian tribes. Under the new guidelines, three...

Published June 16, 2014

California Tribe Remains Dangerously Divided Over who is Running it

Two factions of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians in Northern California remain locked in a power struggle that caused the newly appointed police chief, Clay Parker to quit...

Published June 16, 2014

Halbritter v. Tenney: Round 2

The Oneida Indian Nation is striking back against a politician who opposed the historic 2013 settlement deal between the state of New York and the tribe that runs Turning...

Published June 16, 2014

Wetlands to be Restored Next to California Casino

An ambitious wetlands restoration project of almost 1,000 acres has begun next to the Graton casino in Rohnert Park, California.

Published June 16, 2014

Choctaw Casino Debuts Oasis Pool

The 11,000 square foot Oasis recently opened at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, featuring two swim-up bars, a grotto with a fireplace and waterfall, food service and...

Published June 16, 2014

Paragon Casino Celebrates 20 Years

Since Paragon Casino Resort opened in Marksville, Louisiana in 1994, its square footage has expanded more than 10 times. Today it includes a 64,000 square foot gaming floor with...

Published June 16, 2014

NIGA Watches Congress After Bay Mills

Following the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community, upholding tribal sovereign immunity, the National Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens (l.) said his organization...

Published June 9, 2014

Seminoles Cancel Bank Purchase

The Seminole Tribe of Florida wants to buy a bank where it could deposit its $2 billion in annual gaming revenues and use the cash liquidity to make loans,...

Published June 9, 2014

North Dakota Cancels Grand Forks Casino

North Dakota officials recently told Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians leaders that the state would not make exceptions to state law and allow an off-reservation casino in Grand...

Published June 9, 2014

New York Tribal Land Deal Ruffles Feathers

An agreement between the Saint Regis Mohawks, New York State, and St. Lawrence County was meant to settle longstanding disputes between the Indians and the local governments. The fallout...

Published June 9, 2014

California Casino to Default on Bonds

River Rock Casino, which has been hit hard by the opening of a massive rival in Northern California, has announced that it will default on its May bond payments.

Published June 9, 2014