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April 30, 2008

Gaming opponents seek delay on Gun Lake casino

A group called the Michigan Gambling Opposition plans to seek a stay of a federal appeals court decision that allows the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians to open a casino. MichGO filed a lawsuit to stop the Bureau of...

March 3, 2008

Fort Sill Apache Tribe cites land settlement for casino

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma has trust land in New Mexico but can it be used for gaming? That's the question everyone is trying to answer. Chairman Jeff Houser says a March 2007 court settlement [PDF] allows the...

February 12, 2008

Little River Band proposes off-reservation casino

The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians is proposing an off-reservation casino in Muskegon, Michigan. The $100 million project would be twice the size of the Little River Casino on the reservation. It would feature 2,200 slot machines, nearly 1,000...

February 11, 2008

NIGC asks Fort Sill Apache Tribe about New Mexico site

The National Indian Gaming Commission is asking the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma to justify its off-reservation gaming site in New Mexico. The NIGC wants to know whether the 30-acre site meets the definition of "Indian lands" under...

February 6, 2008

City concerned about Soboba Band casino plans

Officials in San Jacinto, California, are raising concerns about the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians' plan to acquire land for a casino and hotel. The city wants the Bureau of Indian Affairs to address "potential environmental and social impacts" of...

January 30, 2008

Sen. Bingaman questions Fort Sill Apache casino

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) is asking the Bush administration to explain why the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma is building a casino in southern New Mexico. Bingaman said the tribe agreed not to use the land for...

January 24, 2008

Shawnee Tribe proposes Oklahoma City casino

The Shawnee Tribe announced plans for a $400 million casino and entertainment complex in Oklahoma City. Preliminary plans call for a casino, hotel, shopping center, performance hall and movie theater complex on 104 acres near a major interstate. The...

January 22, 2008

BIA to hold hearings on Warm Springs casino

The Bureau of Indian Affairs will hold public hearings on the off-reservation casino sought by the Warm Springs Tribes of Oregon. The tribes plan a $389 million resort in Cascade Locks. The 60-acre gaming site is about 69 miles...

County to sue DOI over Quapaw Tribe's casino

The Cherokee County Commission in Kansas plans to sue the Bush administration for allowing the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma to build a casino. The commission questions whether the land the $200 million Downstream Casino Resort is using for the project...

January 18, 2008

BIA sets hearings on Mashpee Wampanoag casino

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has scheduled two public hearing next month on the Mashpee Wampanaog Tribe's proposed casino in Massachusetts. The newly recognized tribe filed a land-into-trust application for 539 acres in the town of Middleboro and 140...

Ponca Tribe's gaming approval stirs debate in Iowa

State officials and gaming executives in Iowa are worried that the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska could open a casino in the state. The tribe has trust land in Carter Lake, near the Nebraska border. The National Indian Gaming Commission...

January 9, 2008

NIGC to rule on Prairie Band land in Illinois

The National Indian Gaming Commission will be deciding on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's plans for a gaming facility in Illinois. The tribe is currently based in Kansas. The tribe purchased land in Shabbona, Illinois, saying it was part of...

January 8, 2008

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe confident of casino bid

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts remains confident of its proposed casino despite a new Bureau of Indian Affairs policy on off-reservation gaming. The tribe filed a land-into-trust application for 539 acres in the town of Middleboro. The gaming site...

January 7, 2008

Opinion: No off-reservation Choctaw casino

"In looking back over the news stories that affected residents of South Mississippi in 2007, we must include the resounding victory won by opponents to the proposed Choctaw casino in Jackson County. By a margin of 60/40 the citizens have...

January 4, 2008

St. Regis Mohawk Tribe responds to BIA rejection

The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York today said Indian Country is getting "screwed" by the Bush administration on off-reservation gaming. Tribal chiefs slammed the Bureau of Indian Affairs for rejecting their land-into-trust application for an off-reservation casino. The...

December 19, 2007

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation reaches Illinois deal

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas has reached an agreement for Class II gaming on ancestral land in Illinois. The tribe reached the agreement with the DeKalb County Board. The MidWeek News publishes details of the deal, which limits...

December 18, 2007

BIA releases Mashpee casino land agreement

The Bureau of Indian Affairs released documents related to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's proposed casino in Middleboro, Massachusetts. The documents included a 24-page option agreement for 200 acres. The $1.765 million purchase was not previously made public, according to The...

Soboba Band seeks land in trust for casino project

The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians is planning a casino on hotel on 290 acres it wants to have placed in trust. The tribe is proposing a 90,000-square-foot casino, a 300-room hotel a 2,200-space parking garage; restaurants, shops, a...

November 23, 2007

Shawnee Tribe seeks exception for casino site

The Shawnee Tribe apparently plans to seek an exception under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to open a casino in Oklahoma City. The Shawnees could qualify for an exception in Section 20 of IGRA that applies to newly recognized or...

November 21, 2007

Racetrack won't cooperate with Shawnee Tribe

A racetrack in Oklahoma City says it doesn't see a future doing business with the Shawnee Tribe. The Remington Park Racing Casino says it would lose revenues if the tribe opened a nearby casino. But the tribe says it...

November 20, 2007

Shawnee Tribe seeks casino in Oklahoma City

The Shawnee Tribe is seeking to open a casino in Oklahoma City, The Oklahoman reports The landless tribe has a contract to purchase 104 acres for $4.5 million. Plans call for a casino, hotel, a tribal headquarters and other development....

November 16, 2007

Mechoopda Tribe moving forward with casino

The Mechoopda Tribe of California is moving forward with plans for a casino near Chico. The tribe has a management contract with Station Casinos. The National Indian Gaming Commission on October 25 issued a finding of no significant impact on...

November 15, 2007

Reality Check: Land-into-trust

If you weren't aware: A slide from Aurene Martin's presentation today. "I think it's going to get worse before it gets better," she said....

August 31, 2007

D.C. Circuit to hear Gun Lake land-into-trust case

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on October 19 on the Gun Lake Tribe's land-into-trust case. The tribe, also known as the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, wants 147 acres placed in trust for an initial...

August 30, 2007

NIGC: 'No comment' on losing Soo Tribe casino case

The National Indian Gaming Commission isn't talking after losing a case that allows the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe to open a $41 million casino in Michigan. The NIGC stopped the tribe from opening the Kewadin Shores Casino a year ago....

Supporters of UKB casino in Arkansas hold rally

Supporters of an off-reservation casino sought by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians held a rally in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on Wednesday. The tribe, which is based in Oklahoma, wants to have land placed in trust for the project....

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on track with casino plans

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts is moving forward with plans for a $1 billion casino. New Chairman Shawn Hendricks said the tribe is unified as it files its first land-into-trust applications. The tribe wants to build a casino...

August 15, 2007

Wisconsin tribe awaits decision on New York casino

The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians is "literally that close" to receiving federal approval of its casino project in New York, President Robert Chicks said. The Wisconsin tribe has finished its environmental assessment of the proposed casino in the...

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe secures more options

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts secured options to another 205 acres for a potential casino resort. The move brings the tribe's total land holdings in Middleboro to 531 acres. The tribe is submitting an application to have all the...

July 10, 2007

Mashpee casino question drafted by opposition

A question that will help determine whether the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe can build a casino in the town of Middleboro, Massachusetts, was written by an opposition group. CasinoFacts.org opposes the tribe's plans to put a casino in the town....

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