NIGA meets in Albuquerque for annual conference

NIGA meets in Albuquerque for annual conference (April 3, 2006)

The National Indian Gaming Association is meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this week for its annual trade show and conference. The three-day event at the Albuquerque Convention Center kicks off today with a series of roundtables and workshops on gaming...

House Resources Committee hearing on gaming

House Resources Committee hearing on gaming (April 3, 2006)

The House Resources Committee is holding a hearing on Wednesday to focus on off-reservation gaming. Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), the chairman of the committee, introduced H.R.4893 on March 7. The bill amends Section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act...

Column: Road to casino paved with bingo cards

Column: Road to casino paved with bingo cards (April 3, 2006)

"Margaret Houser from Park River, N.D., was my seatmate when I took the blue-and-white Super Highways Tour Bus to the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minn., on a day late in March. The bus with 55 seats was almost half...

NIGC approves Pokagon Band management contract

NIGC approves Pokagon Band management contract (April 3, 2006)

The National Indian Gaming Commission on Friday approved a gaming management contract between the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and Great Lakes Gaming of Michigan. The tribe plans to open the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo by 2007. Great...

Editorial: Gun Lake Tribe not treated fairly on casino

Editorial: Gun Lake Tribe not treated fairly on casino (April 3, 2006)

"The issue of the proposed Gun Lake Tribe casino shouldn't really even be on our editorial radar screen. Then again, we don't think it should have been on U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra's radar screen, either. So it has wound up...