Cherokee Nation says new games are a hit

Cherokee Nation says new games are a hit (November 30, 2005)

The Cherokee Nation says new electronic games installed at one of its casinos are a hit with customers. The tribe recently installed 450 "compacted" games. Under state law, the tribe is required to share a percentage of revenues from compacted...

Catawba Nation seeks ruling for video poker

Catawba Nation seeks ruling for video poker (November 30, 2005)

The Catawba Nation of South Carolina asking a federal judge's to rule on the legality of video poker on the reservation. The tribe says it is entitled to video poker under a special act of Congress. But state officials say...

State lobbies DOI on Northern Arapaho gaming

State lobbies DOI on Northern Arapaho gaming (November 30, 2005)

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) is being criticized for lobbying Interior Secretary Gale Norton about the Northern Arapaho Tribe's gaming operation. Freudenthal wrote a letter to Norton suggesting that the tribe pay $900,000 to the state to offset the impacts...

Editorial: No casino for Ottawa Tribe's land claim

Editorial: No casino for Ottawa Tribe's land claim (November 30, 2005)

"Historians have alluded to the removal of Indian tribes from the old Northwest frontier as an act of ethnic cleansing, and there appears to be some justice in this claim. That does not mean, however, that courts should rule favorably...