Washington Tribal Casino Announces Expansion

The Kalispel Tribe of Washington state has announced it will go forward with a previously announced expansion that will include a hotel tower. A previously announced convention center is...

Published December 7, 2020

Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City Opens

The Aqua Caliente Band has opened its third casino. The property is called Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City and it opened the day before Thanksgiving.

Published December 7, 2020

Judge Orders BIA to Put Land Into Trust for Buena Vista Tribe

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has been ordered to put land into trust for California’s Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians. The tribe lost its trust status in the...

Published November 30, 2020

Ledyard Fights for Right to tax Slots

The town of Ledyard, Connecticut is again in court as part of its decade-long battle to collect property tax from a gaming company that rents slot machines to Foxwoods...

Published November 30, 2020

BIA: Redding Rancheria Must Follow 2-Part Determination

California’s Redding Rancheria has been told by Tara Sweeney (l.), Assistant Secretary of the Department of Interior, that it must follow the “two-part” determination of the Indian Regulatory Act...

Published November 30, 2020

Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan Settle Dispute

The 10-year court battle between the Bay Mills Indian Community and the state of Michigan has been resolved with each party agreeing to dismiss lawsuits against one another regarding...

Published November 30, 2020

Eastern Band Breaks Ground On Tennessee Destination

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians broke ground on phase one of its mixed-use "experiential destination" near Sevierville, Tennessee. It will not include a casino, despite speculation, since casino...

Published November 30, 2020

Turning Stone Offers Incentives to Relocate

Turning Stone Resorts Casino (l.), in upstate New York, is offering relocation costs and other perks to accept a job at the upstate property.

Published November 30, 2020

Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City Opens

Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City has opened to the public. It is the third casino of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.

Published November 30, 2020

Kalispel Tribe to Break Ground on Hotel Addition

The Kalispel Tribe will break ground in March for a hotel addition to its Northern Quest Resort and Casino (l.) that will add almost 200 rooms and suites by...

Published November 30, 2020

Pamunkey Tribe Provides Casino Hiring Details

A spokesman for the Pamunkey Indian Tribe said its new casino (l.) in Norfolk, Virginia will create 2,500 jobs through the Casino Minority Outreach and Hiring Plan, focusing on...

Published November 30, 2020

Mississippi Tribe Shows Off Business Acumen

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has created a business empire consisting of a multi-million dollar consumer loan corporation and a successful casino resort. Marshall Pierite (l.), chairman of Mobiloans,...

Published November 30, 2020

Oklahoma Pays Legal Fees for Tribal Suits

Various tribes filed a lawsuit in federal court against Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt over the status of gaming compacts. Stitt said the compacts expired at the end of the...

Published November 30, 2020

Navajo Nation Imposes 3-week Lockdown

Members of the Navajo Nation are being told to stay at home for the next three weeks with restrictions on businesses and schools. This was after 197 Covid cases...

Published November 23, 2020

Incoming Administration to Review DOI Indian Policies

Former Bureau of Indian Affairs director Kevin Washburn (l.) has been named a member of the incoming Biden administration’s transition team. He will lead 11 volunteers reviewing the Department...

Published November 23, 2020

Gila River Casino, Phoenix Suns, in Sponsorship Deal

The Gila River Indian Community has partnered with the Phoenix Suns in a sponsorship deal at the newly renovated Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Club Gila River will be...

Published November 23, 2020

California Tribe Eyes Casino Expansion, New Fire Station

A memorandum of understanding between the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe of Central California and Kings County Board of Supervisors commits the county to support an expanded Tachi Palace...

Published November 23, 2020

Tribal Casino Gains Local Support in Michigan

The Muskegon County Board of commissioners threw its support behind turning the former Great Lakes Downs racetrack (l.) in Michigan into a casino hotel complex owned by the Little...

Published November 23, 2020

Tribe Looks to Buy Caesars Property in Indiana

The tribal council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians approved funding for due diligence work to see if the purchase of Caesars Southern Indiana (l.) makes sense. The...

Published November 23, 2020

Harrah’s Whistleblower Resists Moving Complaint to Federal Court

After Darrel Pilant, the leader of Harrah’s Southern California (l.), resigned rather than reopen the property at the height of the pandemic, he sued Caesars Entertainment, which manages the...

Published November 23, 2020