Mohegan Tribe  partners with  Catskills resort and race track

Mohegan Tribe partners with Catskills resort and race track (May 5, 2011)

The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is putting its name on a famed resort / race track in the Catskills region of New York. Through its new company, Mohegan Gaming Advisors, the tribe is a minority partner in the Mohegan Sun...

Travel: Indian gaming   has become  vital to    self-sufficiency

Travel: Indian gaming has become vital to self-sufficiency (May 5, 2011)

"The ideal waitress is friendly and efficient - and Jana is that and more - so we can't really complain about her parlous grasp of geography. She does have the grace to be abashed about having no clue where New...

Commentary: Kalispel Tribe nervous about Spokane casino

Commentary: Kalispel Tribe nervous about Spokane casino (May 5, 2011)

"Nick Pierre can still taste it. Growing up as a Kalispel Indian — a tiny tribe with a tiny reservation in the impoverished northeast corner of Washington — he didn’t even have drinkable water on the rez. Out of the...

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe ready to enter gaming market

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe ready to enter gaming market (May 5, 2011)

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is prepared to offer Class II gaming if legislation for full-scale gaming doesn't pass in Massachusetts. Chairman Cedric Cromwell testified before the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies yesterday. He said the tribe wants...

Tohono O'odham Nation casino on hold pending 9th Circuit

Tohono O'odham Nation casino on hold pending 9th Circuit (May 5, 2011)

The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona won't be able to start work on an off-reservation casino until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals can resolve a legal dispute. In March, Judge David Campbell ruled that the Bureau of Indian Affairs...

Kansas lawmakers weigh bill to expand non-Indian gaming

Kansas lawmakers weigh bill to expand non-Indian gaming (May 5, 2011)

Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill to expand non-Indian gaming. The state has already authorized full-scale casinos. Two are under construction but the bill seeks to revive interest in a third one, not far from the Oklahoma border, where the...