Penobscot Nation waits amid non-Indian gaming expansion

Penobscot Nation waits amid non-Indian gaming expansion (June 24, 2013)

The Penobscot Nation has been rebuffed in efforts to offer electronic bingo games as non-Indian gaming options expand in Maine. For the fifth year in a row, state lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would help the tribe. Yet...

Turtle Talk: A way to avoid disaster in Supreme Court case

Turtle Talk: A way to avoid disaster in Supreme Court case (June 24, 2013)

Turtle Talk says there are ways to avoid disaster in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community, an Indian gaming case that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear: And obvious … the United States should intervene and file a complaint....

Editorial: Non-Indian gaming expansion sends warning sign

Editorial: Non-Indian gaming expansion sends warning sign (June 24, 2013)

Connecticut newspaper reflects on the ever-changing landscape of gaming in New England: The official conversion last week of Twin River in Lincoln R.I. from video slots parlor to a casino venue offering diverse gambling choices was one more reminder of...

Supreme Court takes Bay Mills off-reservation gaming case

Supreme Court takes Bay Mills off-reservation gaming case (June 24, 2013)

The shuttered Bay Mills Indian Community casino in Vanderbilt, Michigan. Photo © Bay Mills News Acting against the advice of the Obama administration, the U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear off-reservation gaming dispute involving the Bay Mills Indian Community...

Opinion: Tribes need  to expand economies beyond gaming

Opinion: Tribes need to expand economies beyond gaming (June 24, 2013)

Writer says tribes need to think about ways to grow their economy instead of relying on gaming: So Gov. Cuomo is “regularizing” long-stressed relations with the Oneida and Seneca Indian tribes in New York, coming to agreements in particular on...