Cloverdale  Rancheria  pushes   casino  bid  amid leadership dispute

Cloverdale Rancheria pushes casino bid amid leadership dispute (December 6, 2010)

A leadership dispute within the Cloverdale Rancheria could determine the future of the tribe's casino plan. The tribe is working with Sealaska, an Alaska Native regional corporation, on the casino. The Bureau of Indian Affairs recently closed the comment period...

The New Yorker: Shinnecock Nation taking a gamble with   identity

The New Yorker: Shinnecock Nation taking a gamble with identity (December 6, 2010)

"Do you like sand, quaintness, twenty-eight-dollar salads, parties under white tents, investment bankers, hip-hop stars, Barbara Walters, locally grown produce, D.J. Samantha Ronson, and lovely tablescapes? Then Southampton is the place for you: a land of natural splendor and...

Mississippi Choctaws announce general manager for new facility

Mississippi Choctaws announce general manager for new facility (December 6, 2010)

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians hired Bryce A. Warren to serve as general manager of the tribe's new gaming facility. Warren previously ran the Silver Star Hotel and Casino for the tribe. Now he'll be in charge of...

Arizona governor submits brief for   off-reservation casino lawsuit

Arizona governor submits brief for off-reservation casino lawsuit (December 6, 2010)

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) submitted a friend of the court brief in the lawsuit against the Tohono O'odham Nation off-reservation casino. Brewer has voiced opposition to the casino in the past. But this is the first time her office...

Opinion: Plenty of room in New Mexico for off-reservation casino

Opinion: Plenty of room in New Mexico for off-reservation casino (December 6, 2010)

"Earlier this year, the Department of Interior decided to take a second look at the Pueblo of Jemez proposal to build a casino in Anthony, N.M. As the leaders of the communities directly affected by the Jemez/Anthony Casino project, it...