Warm Springs Tribes hail BIA movement on off-reservation casino (08/06)

The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon hailed the release of a final environmental impact statement on a proposed off-reservation casino. The tribe has been waiting for action on the Cascade Locks...

Editorial: It's time to give up dream of tribal gaming in the Catskills (08/06)

"Gambling, whether from slots, racing or a tribal casino, seems always to be just over the horizon in the Catskills. Yet recent news shows that the horizon for that opportunity is receding, perhaps never to...

BIA takes action with five gaming and gaming-related applications (08/06)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is making good on its promise to process land-into-trust applications for gaming and gaming-related projects. Today's issue of the Federal Register contains five notices for pending applications. They include a...

Seneca Nation reports six percent increase in profits from gaming (08/06)

The Seneca Nation of New York reported an increase in profits and an increase in revenues from its gaming enterprise. Seneca Gaming Corp. saw a six percent increase in profits in the second quarter. Revenues...

Joe Bunch: Oklahoma tribes know how to regulate gaming facilities (08/06)

The following is the opinion of Joe Bunch, the chairman of the gaming commission for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. On October 20th, 2006, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled...