Eastern Shawnee chief heads to Ohio for gaming

Eastern Shawnee chief heads to Ohio for gaming (March 30, 2006)

Charles Enyart, the chief of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, is headed to Ohio to promote the tribe's casino plans there. Enyart will meet with media outlets, local officials and residents in Lima today. The city is one of...

United Keetoowah Band faces long wait for casino

United Keetoowah Band faces long wait for casino (March 30, 2006)

The United Keetoowah Band of Oklahoma will have to wait up to four years before receiving a decision on its land-into-trust application for a casino in Arkansas. The tribe filed its application with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Jeanette Hanna,...

BIA takes White Earth Band casino site into trust

BIA takes White Earth Band casino site into trust (March 30, 2006)

The White Earth Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota will no longer have to pay local property taxes now that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has taken the tribe's casino site into trust. The Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen is located...

Wisconsin tribes battle over off-reservation casinos

Wisconsin tribes battle over off-reservation casinos (March 30, 2006)

Four Wisconsin tribes seeking off-reservation casino will fall under current rules due to a "grandfather" clause in legislation approved by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Wednesday. The committee approved a substitute to S.2078, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments....