Casino project still on track, gaming head says
(ARIZONA) -- The construction of the Navajo Nation's first casino is back on track after a reported delay that could have pushed the opening date back one month and incurred financial penalties against the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise.
Cloverdale council opposes casino
(CALIFORNIA) -- Cloverdale City Council members on Wednesday essentially said "no dice" to a casino in their town. On a 4-0 vote, council members passed a resolution opposing the Cloverdale Rancheria's plans to build a Las Vegas-style casino at the southern end of town, next to Highway 101.
EID-Indian treaty likely
(CALIFORNIA) -- Around water for Red Hawk Casino, war appears headed for peace between the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and the El Dorado Irrigation District.
River Rock Casino revenues slip
(CALIFORNIA) -- River Rock Casino reported $33.2 million in net revenue for the first quarter of 2008, down about $1 million from last year, casino officials said Thursday.
Shinnecocks See Casino as Boon to County
(NEW YORK) -- Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman said this week that he did not think casino gambling would be coming to the county anytime soon and never to his district if he had any say in the matter.
Halbritter: Safeguard for future generations
(NEW YORK) -- For four centuries, American Indians have lived with the knowledge that whatever we have, others will try to take it away or at least turn it to their own advantage. For much of that time, our people have been virtually powerless to stop the usurpation of our economies and cultures.
Senecas plan N.F. expansion
(NEW YORK) -- Seneca Gaming Corp. is drafting a development plan for Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls that includes construction of an 8,000-seat entertainment venue, expansion of the casino and at least one more hotel.
KCK casino makes first payment to city
(KANSAS) -- Gamblers are apparently embracing the new Wyandotte Nation-owned casino here, which made its first revenue-sharing payment to city officials this week.
Casino Slots Revenue Continues To Slide
(CONNECTICUT) -- ”Recession-proof” - a label once tailor-made for the casino industry - has lost its relevance at casinos in Connecticut and across the country.
For Conn. casinos, bigger isn’t just better, it’s necessary
(CONNECTICUT) -- In the beginning was the trailer. It was white with eggshell-blue trim, donated in 1976 by the State of Connecticut, along with some castoff office furniture, to the Pequot Indians, an impoverished, nearly defunct tribe.
Union, State Reach Agreement On Protest
(CONNECTICUT) -- The United Auto Workers says it has brokered a deal with the state that it will allow members to protest outside this weekend's grand opening of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods.
Casinos fuel land recovery
(MINNESOTA) -- Her face black with soot, Victoria Ranua strides across a Minnesota hillside, painting it with fire. What begins as a low thin strip of yellow, ignited by her torch, leaps behind her at once into a huge hedge of dancing flames, racing across dry prairie grasses.
Commission can enforce rule regarding tribal smoke shops
(OKLAHOMA) -- A Mayes County judge has lifted a stay on an Oklahoma Tax Commission rule that limits the number of low-tax cigarettes wholesalers can sell to tribally licensed stores in counties along Oklahoma's borders with other states.
Witnesses: BIA stifles tribal self-government
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Indian tribes want to move toward more self-governance, but red tape and foot-dragging by federal agencies continuously throws a wrench in their attempts, tribal leaders testified Tuesday.
States to enforce molester law on tribal land
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- A little-noticed provision in a 2006 federal sex-offender law is rankling American Indian tribes in six states because it would give state law enforcers unprecedented authority to monitor child molesters living on tribal land.
OP/ED: Obama Upholds Rights of Cherokees, All Native American Tribes
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) has stated his opposition to H.R. 2824, an attempt by his fellow Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) to sever government-to-government relations with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma because of an on-going dispute between the tribe and the "Cherokee Freedmen."
Tribal trial ties whalers to federal sentence terms
(WASHINGTON) -- Five men who killed a gray whale on Sept. 8 received deferred prosecution Wednesday from the Makah Tribal Court. All five must abide for a year by conditions that will be set June 30 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, where they either have pleaded guilty or have been found guilty of federal misdemeanors.
'The nail in the coffin'
(MAINE) -- Donna Loring, the Penobscot Indian Nation's representative in the Maine state Legislature, will continue her work there with the tribe's support, despite the nation having cut its ties to the state in the aftermath of a legislative session that saw every effort to squash the attempt to improve the lives of the Wabanaki people.
My Sister's House honors tribal chairman
(CALIFORNIA) -- A host of community, business and philanthropic leaders, as well as local officials came together to honor the heroes of My Sister's House at their annual Heroes of Hope dinner on Monday at the Masonic Temple.
Newcomb: Spirit-breaking: Mission horrors
(CALIFORNIA) -- In 1769, Catholic priest Junipero Serra founded the Catholic mission system in California. In 1775, the Franciscan and Dominican orders in California made a joint statement characterizing their mission.
BIA objects to Crow land plan
(MONTANA) -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Thursday objected to details of a proposed $380 million loan program that would let the Crow tribe buy up and consolidate land on its Montana reservation.
Soboba to sue county sheriff after latest killings by deputies
(CALIFORNIA) -- The chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians said the tribe is planning to sue the Riverside County Sheriff's Department after a deadly gun battle in which deputies shot and killed a tribal man and a woman on the reservation May 12.
Already, CityCenter’s scale, complexity unparalleled
(LAS VEGAS) -- For all the stories I’ve written about CityCenter, the largest construction project in the country, nothing could have prepared me for the experience of standing in the middle of it this week.
Online gambling still illegal
(WASHINGTON) -- Playing poker for money online will remain illegal in Washington state, a King County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday morning.
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