Ponca Tribe to discuss plans for Iowa casino (01/17)

The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska will hold a meeting on January 26 to discuss a casino in Iowa. The tribe won a ruling from the National Indian Gaming Commission over the status of trust land...

BIA clears way for Mechoopda Tribe casino (01/17)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has issued a finding of significant environmental impact for the casino proposed by the Mechoopda Tribe of California. Notice of the FONSI was published in The Oroville Mercury-Register, the paper...

NIGC extends comment period on Class II initiatives (01/17)

Tribes have until March 9 to comment on the four controversial Class II initiatives proposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission. In notices published today in the Federal Register, the NIGC extended the comment period...

BIA holds hearing on Seneca-Cayuga casino (01/17)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs held a public hearing on the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe's proposed casino in Grove, Oklahoma. The tribe filed a land-into-trust application for a 33-acre site. Plans call for a $60 million casino....

Police shoot man outside Agua Caliente casino (01/17)

A suspect under multi-jurisdictional investigation was shot and killed by police outside the casino owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of California. Authorities attempted to arrest Nino Joseph Garcia, 24, as...

Editorial: Right move on off-reservation casinos (01/17)

"Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne made exactly the right call when he recently denied permission to 11 Indian tribes around the country to acquire more land in order to build casinos. His decision was unpopular with...

Column: BIA helps gaming tribes get richer (01/17)

"If there's one thing California voters pride themselves on, it's their ability to make their own laws via ballot initiatives. A corollary of this is their ability to use popular referenda for vetoing laws passed...