Congress Clarifies Pueblos Rights on Tribal Land

A bill by U.S. Senator Tom Udall (l.) of New Mexico that awaits the president’s signature will allow two New Mexico pueblos to lease out land to businesses for...

Published August 6, 2018

Federal Judge Paves Way for California Casino

After a 15-year struggle the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians has won a court judgment. The ruling allows it to offer gaming on 300 acres near Fresno, California...

Published August 6, 2018

Tribe Exempt From Paying Casino Excise Tax

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe won't have to pay South Dakota excise tax on its $24 million Royal River Casino & Hotel expansion. Under state law, contractors must pay...

Published August 6, 2018

Mashpee Chairman Lobbies Congress for Trust Bill

Getting Congress to pass the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act may be the tribe’s last chance to have a reservation. Chairman Cedric Cromwell (l.) testified before Congress last...

Published August 6, 2018

Couple Suing Navajos Must Use Tribal Court

A couple that suffered injury at the Northern Edge Navajo Casino must seek redress in a tribal court. That’s the ruling of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that...

Published July 30, 2018

Barriers to Tribal Voting Persist, Senate Told

Although the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is the unchallenged law of the land, many Indian residents don’t benefit from it. Tribal leaders at a recent informal meeting of...

Published July 30, 2018

Roundabout Will Serve Quil Ceda Creek Casino

The Emerald Queen Casino is the mega-casino that the Quil Ceda Creek tribe of Washington has always wanted to build. The $370 million casino is expected to open next...

Published July 30, 2018

Washington Casino Unveils Gaming App

The Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn, Washington, operated by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, will introduce a revolutionary new Smartphone app created by Playport Gaming Systems. It will allow players to...

Published July 30, 2018

Hard Rock Partners With Enterprise Rancheria

Hard Rock will partner with the Enterprise Rancheria of Northern California to build a $400 million casino hotel near the state capital. It will be called the Hard Rock...

Published July 30, 2018

White Earth Casino On Hold

Following elections in June, the White Earth Nation's proposed Star Lake Casino in Otter Tail, Minnesota is on hold. Two of the new officers oppose the project. Acting Chief...

Published July 30, 2018

San Diego Tribe Plans Small Casino

The small La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians in Southern California plans to operate a small casino, the La Jolla Trading Post & Casino. The casino will have 75...

Published July 30, 2018

Arkansas Casino Group Receives Tribal Donations

The political group Driving Arkansas Forward received $525,300 from Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation Businesses for its efforts to place on the November ballot an amendment allowing four casinos at Oaklawn...

Published July 30, 2018

FireKeepers Adding Second Hotel Tower

A second hotel tower will be built at FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek, Michigan, owned by the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi. Opened in 2012, the property...

Published July 30, 2018

Ponca Tribe Building Casino Despite Lawsuit

The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is about to build a casino in Carter Lake, Iowa, just outside Omaha, Nebraska. The nearby city of Council Bluffs, Iowa sued to stop...

Published July 30, 2018

Oklahoma Tribes Anticipate Ball-And-Dice Games

Ball and dice games and sports betting were among the main topics at the recent Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association gathering. Nearly half the tribes have amended their gaming compacts...

Published July 30, 2018

Martha’s Vineyard Tribe Still Working on Casino

Earlier this year the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, which is based on Massachusetts’s Martha’s Vineyard, won in court the right to build a small Class II bingo-based casino on its...

Published July 30, 2018

California Land-Into-Trust House Bill Stirs Dispute

A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Doug La Malfa (l.) that would put 440 remote acres near the border between California and Oregon is generating a storm of controversy....

Published July 30, 2018

North Carolina Authorities Raid ‘Tribal’ Casinos

More than 25 people were arrested and more than 200 illegal gaming machines, vehicles, currency, drugs and firearms were seized from three casinos operated by individuals claiming to be...

Published July 30, 2018

House Committee Considers Mashpee Tribal Bill

The House Committee responsible for tribal matters last week heard testimony in HR-5244, which would put land in Massachusetts in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. This would allow...

Published July 30, 2018

Supreme Court Ends Tribe’s Ordeal

A decade long court case brought against California’s the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians by a former business partner has now ended—in the tribe’s favor. The U.S. Supreme...

Published July 30, 2018