Oneida Nation members await $88M per cap payout

Oneida Nation members await $88M per cap payout (December 17, 2007)

Members of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin will be getting something extra from their tribe's casino. The 16,000 members will share in a $88 million per capita payout from the tribe's gaming revenues. Members over the age of 62 will...

Nooksack Tribe starts serving liquor at casino

Nooksack Tribe starts serving liquor at casino (December 17, 2007)

The Nooksack Tribe of Washington has started serving liquor at its new casino. After winning a court battle, the state Liquor Control Board issued a temporary permit for the Nooksack Northwood Casino on Friday. But officials in Whatcom County,...

Investors make more money than Mohegan Tribe

Investors make more money than Mohegan Tribe (December 17, 2007)

The backers of the Mohegan Tribe's casino in Connecticut have made slightly more money than the tribe, The Boston Globe reports. From 2001 to 2006, Sol Kerzner and Len Wolman of Trading Cove Associates made $368.9 from the Mohegan...

Quapaw Tribe says new casino right on schedule

Quapaw Tribe says new casino right on schedule (December 17, 2007)

The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma says work on its $200 million casino is on schedule for an opening in July or August of 2008. Construction on the Downstream Casino Resort in October. The facility includes 177,000 square-foot casino with...

Pequot Chair: Balancing tribal, worker rights

Pequot Chair: Balancing tribal, worker rights (December 17, 2007)

"We know you have been following recent events here at Mashantucket involving union activity. We are writing to you so that you might understand the position of the tribal nation, and hopefully understand that just as you are concerned...

Column: Governor in trouble for Seminole deal

Column: Governor in trouble for Seminole deal (December 17, 2007)

"There are no paintings of Charlie Crist standing in the bow of a boat crossing the Delaware River (or Tampa Bay). And nobody has ever claimed that, as a boy, Charlie took a hatchet and chopped down his father's cherry...