Editorial: Welcome Eastern Cherokee  expansion

Editorial: Welcome Eastern Cherokee expansion (February 2, 2007)

"The Eastern Band of Cherokee announced an expansion of the Harrah's Casino and Hotel that will bring 1,000 new jobs to Western North Carolina. The expansion could, no pun intended, give tribal leaders more chips to put on the table...

First Nations casino hit for laying off non-Natives

First Nations casino hit for laying off non-Natives (February 2, 2007)

The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has been ordered to pay more than $72,000 to four non-Natives who were fired from a First Nations casino. SIGA laid off the four pit bosses at the Northern Lights Casino in 2002. Three of...

Meskwaki Tribe considers alcohol sales at casino

Meskwaki Tribe considers alcohol sales at casino (February 2, 2007)

Members of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa held a closed-door meeting on Thursday night to discuss the sale of liquor at the casino. The Meskwaki Casino says liquor sales will generate more revenues and bring in more customers. But some...

Travel: Washington tribes lure reluctant gambler

Travel: Washington tribes lure reluctant gambler (February 2, 2007)

"Before recently, the closest I'd ever come to a casino experience was hanging out with my dad in the smoky back rooms of pool halls in Kentucky when I was kid. He and his colorful gambling mates -- who...

Off-reservation casino proposal stirs tribal dispute

Off-reservation casino proposal stirs tribal dispute (February 2, 2007)

An off-reservation casino proposal in Wisconsin has the Ho-Chunk Nation claiming two Chippewa bands are invading Ho-Chunk territory. The St. Croix and Bad River bands of Chippewa want to build a casino in Beloit, near the Illinois border. But the...