Massachusetts Tribe, Town Agree on Safety Improvements

Litigants in a federal trial over whether the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) must seek permitting from the town of Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard before it builds a...

Published September 16, 2019

Oklahoma Casino Construction Begins

Construction has begun on the 10,000-square-foot Fancy Dance Casino in Perry, Oklahoma, owned by the Ponca Tribe. The facility will offer 290 electronic gaming machines and create 90 full-...

Published September 16, 2019

NY Tribe Named ‘Official Casino’ of the Buffalo Bills

Seneca Resorts have partnered with the Buffalo Bills football team, becoming its “official casino.” The partnership is the second announced this month between an NFL team and a casino...

Published September 16, 2019

Virginia Tribe Proposes $10 Million Land Purchase

The Pamunkey Indian Tribe has offered the city of Norfolk, Virginia $10 million for a 13.25-acre downtown tract to be used for a $700 million casino resort (l.). The...

Published September 16, 2019

Indiana Tribe Announces Resort Expansion

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians has broken ground on the expansion of its Four Winds South Bend (l.) in Indiana, including a 23-story, 317-room hotel tower with a...

Published September 16, 2019

Michigan Tribal Casino Completes Expansion

The multimillion-dollar expansion at the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino and Hotel (l.), in Standish, Michigan recently was completed. It includes a five-story, 148-room hotel, the Landing restaurant and Creekside...

Published September 16, 2019

California’s First Hard Rock Casino to Open in October

The day before Halloween, the first Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will open in California. The $440 million Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain is a...

Published September 16, 2019

California Tribe Moves Toward Coachella Casino

Cathedral City and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of California have signed several agreements that will make possible a third tribal casino, this one in the downtown...

Published September 16, 2019

Former Oklahoma Chief Faces Federal Bribery Charge

George Tiger (l.), former Muscogee (Creek) Nation principal chief, was arraigned on federal bribery charge related to his service between September 2017 and December 2018 as chairman of the...

Published September 16, 2019

Arizona Tribe, City Agree to Put Land into Trust

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona and the city of Tucson have agreed to a transfer of 15 acres of land in the center part of the city to...

Published September 16, 2019

Grand Jury Summons Massachusetts Tribal Treasurers

Two men who served as treasurer of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts have reportedly been subpoenaed by the Federal Grand Jury. No reason has been given. Tribal Chairman...

Published September 16, 2019

California Tribe Sues Over Homelands Ruling

The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians is suing the Department of the Interior over a decision that prevents the tribe from building a casino in the San Francisco...

Published September 16, 2019

California Tribe Won’t Budge on Casino Move

Northern California’s Redding Rancheria Tribe is standing firm on plans to move the Win-River Casino from its reservation to land purchased in Redding. Tribal Chairman Jack Potter Jr. told...

Published September 1, 2019

Ojibwa Michigan Casino Expansion On Track

The $40 million expansion at the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community's Ojibwa Casino in Marquette, Michigan is scheduled for completion by the end of the year, said General Manager Larry...

Published September 1, 2019

Oklahoma Tribes Impose Condition on Negotiations

While Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt was less confrontational in his second letter to state tribes regarding reopening the gaming compacts to negotiations, the tribes have responded that they will...

Published September 1, 2019

New York Tribe Resurrects Casino Plans

In New York, Shinnecock tribal members have voted to authorize the drafting of a gaming ordinance and the pursuit of a development partner for a casino somewhere in the...

Published September 1, 2019

Former California Tribal Leaders Plead Guilty to Conspiracy

Three former tribal officials of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians—including a former FBI agent, his mother, and her sister—have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to embezzle from the Northern...

Published August 26, 2019

Connecticut Tribe Recall Election Set for September 15

Longtime political opponents of Massachusetts-based Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell (l.) have gathered enough signatures to trigger a recall election. Cromwell and Treasurer Gordon Harris are targeted in...

Published August 26, 2019

Alaskan Village Sues Interior

A lawsuit filed by the Alaskan Native Village of Eklutna against the U.S. Department of the Interior and the state of Alaska could have far-reaching consequences. At stake is...

Published August 26, 2019

Hotel Approved for Trinidad Rancheria

The California Costal Commission has approved the addition of a five-story, 100-room hotel at the Trinidad Rancheria casino, pending proof of a reliable water source.

Published August 19, 2019