The tribe plans to spend $15 million to expand the Downstream Casino Resort onto trust land in Kansas.

Don't expect the case to be filed soon -- opponents plan to wait up to six years to challenge the tribe's land-into-trust application.

Plans call for a 48,100 square-foot casino on about 11.41 acres in Skagit County.

Chairman William Iyall is confident that the Environmental Protection Agency will approve the project.

Chairman Cedric Cromwell said the decision by the Bureau of Indian Affairs carries added meaning as Thanksgiving approaches.

Chairman John Berrey has repeatedly pledged not to pursue gaming on its former reservation in present-day Little Rock.

The tribe has seen strong local support for the $180 million project in Fruitport Township in Michigan.

Administrative appeals and litigation have delayed construction of the $510 million Cowlitz Casino and Entertainment Resort.

The tribe hopes to break ground on the long-awaited First Light Resort and Casino in Taunton, Massachusetts, in spring 2016.

Chairman John Berrey has been willing to sign a no-casino pledge although it's not clear whether it would be enforceable.

Officials in DeKalb County, Illinois, aren't sure whether they will support the tribe's land-into-trust application for the site.

A casino near Oregon's largest city could be a big win as long as it doesn't hurt an existing facility about 60 miles from Portland.

The site puts the tribe a lot closer to Portland, Oregon's most populous city and could address competition from a rival casino.

Officials and residents have raised concerns about the tribe's plans to establish a homeland in Sonoma County, California.

Moody's is warning of impacts in Massachusetts and even Rhode Island as the tribe moves forward with its long-delayed casino.

The development will be located on 270 acres at Star Lake, a small community in Minnesota located outside of the boundaries of the main reservation.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs could release a draft environmental impact statement by the end of the year.

The tribe will build a casino with a hotel and RV park at Star Lake, a small community south of the reservation.

A federal judge rejected a slew of claims made by two rival tribes with existing casinos in northern California.

A 151-acre site in Taunton, Massachusetts, plus another 170 acres in Mashpee, the location of tribal headquarters, were immediately placed in trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

A land management company whose contact is the tribe's attorney has purchased 230 acres in Star Lake, Minnesota, for $2.25 million.

More lawsuits are expected if the Bureau of Indian Affairs ever approves the tribe's land-into-trust applications.

The tribe wants to build a $245 million casino in Lansing, Michigan, on property that was acquired in connection with a land claim settlement.

The tribe is pursuing a $40 million expansion of the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown Buffalo, New York.

The tribe acquired several properties worth more than $3.2 million around the Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino in Niagara Falls, New York.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is moving forward on the land-into-trust application but a decision is years away.

Local officials said Chairman John Berrey hasn't followed up on his offer but he's planning on arranging meetings soon.

A resolution to support the tribe's land-into-trust application for a Class II gaming facility in Illinois was tabled.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is preparing an environmental impact statement for a 250,000 square-foot casino in Kern County, California.

The land-into-trust application for a site Lansing, Michigan, has been pending for 11 months.

The tribe reacquired 127 acres within the Shab-eh-nay Reservation and contends the land can be used for gaming.

The tribe wants to build the $245 million Kewadin Lansing Casino in Lansing, a project supported by the mayor.

A federal law mandates the acquisition of land in North and South Carolina but the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not move quickly.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has yet to issue a decision on a land-into-trust application that was submitted in September 2013.

The tribe's land-into-trust application for 160 acres near Little Rock has been met with significant controversy in the state.

Four members of the state's Congressional delegation -- including two who have received contributions from the tribe -- want the Bureau of Indian Affairs to deny the application.

David Patchak, who wants money from the tribe, will take the case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for the second time since 2008.

Bergal Mitchell III admitted he took $338,000 from a fraudulent land purchase.

Local officials have raised concerns about a casino even though Chairman John Berrey has repeatedly insisted there aren't plans for one.

By a unanimous vote, an en banc panel of the court rejected all of the challenges raised by the state of California.

The tribe spent nearly eight years trying to get the 410-acre site placed in trust.

Chairwoman Kathryn Morgan warned that the process will take at least two years, if not longer, to complete.

It only took nearly eight years, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs has finally approved a land-into-trust application for the southern California tribe.

Chairman John Berrey said the tribe's land-into-trust application for an ancestral site is about cultural preservation, not gaming.

A group called the Stop the Casino 101 sued Gov. Jerry Brown (D), but not the tribe, for signing a Class III gaming compact.

The tribe will start a planning process but won't use the land for gaming. A land-into-trust application won't be filed either.

The tribe has no plans to convert the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club into a casino but that hasn't stopped the opposition.

Chairman John Berrey has insisted a casino is not in the works for ancestral land in Little Rock, the state capital.

The tribe has no plans for a casino in Central Arkansas, so why not put a conservation easement on the 160 acres?

Chairman John Berrey has been meeting with local officials to discuss the tribe's land-into-trust application.

Individual tribal leaders, including Chairman John Berrey, have been added to the state's lawsuit as defendants.

Some local officials want the tribe to state that it won't use the land in Little Rock for gaming but that wouldn't necessarily bar a casino in the future.

Chairman John Berrey told the Bureau of Indian Affairs that there are no plans to change the use of the land.

The tribe has filed a land-into-trust application for 160 acres of its former reservation.

The mayor of Little Rock is among those who are questioning whether a casino is right for the area.

The tribe still needs to clear the land-into-trust process and would need to negotiate a Class III gaming compact.

The tribe's 152-acre reservation was placed in trust earlier this week.

Opponents -- including a rival tribe with an existing casino -- are still in court trying to stop the project.

The Louisiana-based tribe paid $6 million for a site in DeKalb County, Georgia.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a mixed victory to the northern California tribe.

The tribe has offered to close its existing casino and move operations to a larger site.

The tribe paid $1.1 million for eight parcels totaling 17 acres.