{"id":135716,"date":"2025-04-17T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=135716"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:30:13","slug":"native-america-calling-tribes-challenge-states-on-remaining-roadblocks-to-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/04\/17\/native-america-calling-tribes-challenge-states-on-remaining-roadblocks-to-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Tribes challenge states on remaining roadblocks to gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, April 17, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Tribes challenge states on remaining roadblocks to gaming <\/div>\r\nThe state of Alaska is actively working to shut down a gaming hall just opened by the <a href=\"https:\/\/eklutna-nsn.gov\">Native Village of Eklutna<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/chinancasino.com\/\">Chin\u2019an Gaming Hall<\/a> is doing a brisk business with <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/08\/05\/alaska-beacon-native-village-of-eklutna-moves-forward-with-gaming-facility\/\">pulltabs and 85 bingo machines<\/a> in an unassuming building just outside of Anchorage. But <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/06\/alaska-beacon-trump-administration-faces-lawsuit-over-tribal-gaming-facility\/\">state officials maintain the operation is illegal<\/a> because the tribe does not control the land it is on. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fchinangaminghall%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02dzei5QgVGWu8zQq6JShdkR2q9FeA9ofx4TcHyEy6WoVWdZprmS1PqfqNzNkzFtDgl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"695\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nElsewhere, in Maine, tribes are also working against <a href=\"https:\/\/tribalbusinessnews.com\/sections\/gaming\/15083-maine-bill-would-give-wabanaki-tribes-exclusive-mobile-gaming-rights\">state resistance to expand gaming<\/a>. They face a regulatory reality that is different from tribes in other states because of legislation in 1980 limiting Maine\u2019s tribes\u2019 gaming enterprise ability.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nAaron Leggett (Dena\u2019ina Athabascan), president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/eklutna-nsn.gov\/\">Native Village of Eklutna<\/a>, a federally-recognized tribe in Alaska\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.maine.gov\/house\/house\/MemberProfiles\/Details\/1507\"><P><\/P>Aaron Dana<\/a> (Passamaquoddy), Passamaquoddy Tribal Representative in the Maine Legislature\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tribalbusinessnews.com\/staff-directory\/chesley-oxendine\"><P><\/P>Chez Oxendine<\/a> (Lumbee), staff writer for <a href=\"https:\/\/tribalbusinessnews.com\/\">Tribal Business News<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17\/chinangaminghall.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly four decades into the era of Indian gaming, some tribes are still facing roadblocks at the state level.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[67,20,13,1,14],"tags":[6351,5973,78,79,6352,1475,73,397,476,1244,243,133,2340,134,6343,5278],"class_list":["post-135716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-gaming","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-aaron-dana","tag-aaron-leggett","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-chez-oxendine","tag-class-ii","tag-igra","tag-jurisdiction","tag-land-claims","tag-maine","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-passamaquoddy","tag-radio","tag-soverignty","tag-tribal-business-news","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-ziY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17\/chinangaminghall.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135716"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136031,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135716\/revisions\/136031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}