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January 31, 2012

School board concerned about location of Kialegee casino

The school board in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma is worried about the construction of a school near the site of the Kialegee Tribal Town's proposed casino. The board voted to build the elementary school and pre-kindergarten center after learning about the...

January 27, 2012

Echo Hawk asked about role on Kialegee Tribal Town casino

Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk said the Bureau of Indian Affairs might weigh in on the Kialegee Tribal Town casino in Oklahoma. Echo Hawk said he is waiting on the National Indian Gaming Commission to determine whether the casino site...

January 23, 2012

Oklahoma governor also knew of Kialegee Tribal Town casino

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) knew about the Kialegee Tribal Town casino as early as February 2011, The Tulsa World reported. The tribe wanted to sign a Class III gaming compact with the state. Fallin's general counsel expressed concerns about...

Non-Indian law firm receives a cut of tribal gaming revenues

Howard Dickstein, a non-Indian attorney, has received a share of gaming revenues from at least two of the tribes he has represented, The Sacramento Bee reports. Dickstein and his firm received 1 percent of profits from the casino owned by...

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe announces off-reservation casino plans

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians plans to open a $245 million off-reservation casino in Lansing, Michigan. The tribe and the city are holding a press conference today to discuss the development. News reports said the 125,000- square-foot...

January 20, 2012

NIGC chair issues letter on Kialegee Tribal Tribe's gaming site

Tracie Stevens, the chairwoman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, says her agency continues to review the legality of the Kialegee Tribal Town casino in Oklahoma. In a letter to Rep. John Sullivan (R-Oklahoma), she said the site where the...

January 19, 2012

NIGC pressed to make ruling on Kialegee Tribal Town casino

Tracie Stevens, the chairwoman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, met with Rep. John Sullivan (R-Oklahoma), an opponent of the Kialegee Tribal Town casino, on Wednesday. Stevens didn't comment on the substance of the meeting, which took place in Washington,...

January 17, 2012

Kialegee Tribal Town to continue working on disputed casino

The Kialegee Tribal Town will continue work on its casino despite opposition from the Muscogee Nation. The Red Clay Casino is located on an Indian allotment owned by two members of the Muscogee Nation. Muscogee Chief George Tiger says his...

January 13, 2012

Opponents seek Congressional action over Kialegee casino

Gaming opponents are looking to Congress to block the Kialegee Tribal Town from opening a casino on an Indian allotment near Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Upwards of 800 people attended a forum at a church last night to discuss the Red...

January 12, 2012

Kialegee Tribal Town's casino known as far back in June 2010

The Kialegee Tribal Town began working on a casino in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, as early as June 2010, The Tulsa World reports. The tribe started the environmental assessment process in order to obtain a storm water permit from the Environmental...

January 10, 2012

NIGC works on Indian land determination for Kialegee casino

The National Indian Gaming Commission is working on an Indian land determination for the proposed Kialegee Tribal Town casino in Oklahoma. The Red Clay Casino will be located on an Indian allotment. That appears to satisfy one component of the...

January 5, 2012

Oklahoma attorney general jumps into Kialegee casino dispute

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is jumping into the controversy over the casino proposed by the Kialegee Tribal Town. Pruitt is asking the Obama administration to release all documents related to the Red Clay Casino. He wants to know if...

January 3, 2012

Kialegee Tribal Town stirring controversy with plan for casino

The Kialegee Tribal Town wants to open a casino on an Indian allotment in Oklahoma but the Muscogee Nation is objecting to the plan. The Kialegee Tribal Town is leasing the allotment from two members of the Muscogee Nation. The...

November 30, 2011

City threatens to close Fond du Lac Band casino over dispute

The mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, says the city might close the casino owned by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. The tribe won a decision in federal court that said revenue sharing provisions of its agreement...

November 21, 2011

United Keetoowah Band requests trust status for gaming site

The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma has submitted a land-into-trust application for its gaming site in Tahlequah. The tribe operates the Keetoowah Cherokee Casino on about two acres. The site is within the former Cherokee Reservation but...

November 15, 2011

Senate Indian Affairs Committee to consider Internet gaming

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing this Thursday to discuss Internet gaming and tribal rights. The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The witness list follows: Panel # 1...

October 14, 2011

NIGC is working closely with tribes to develop new regulations

The National Indian Gaming Commission is working closely with tribes to develop new regulations but a final product is more than a year away, Chairwoman Tracie Stevens said. In August, NIGC established the Tribal Advisory Committee to review Minimum Internal...

September 30, 2011

GGB: NIGC takes on gentler tone during Obama administration

"The relationship between every regulated industry and its regulator is usually adversarial. Whether it’s the stock market and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the broadcasting industry and the Federal Communications Commission or the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug...

September 6, 2011

7th Circuit issues ruling in Lac du Flambeau gaming debt case

The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians can't be sued under an agreement that was never approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in a closely-watched case. The tribe...

September 1, 2011

Judge orders DOI to provide more Seneca gaming documents

The Interior Department must release more documents related to its approval of the Seneca Nation off-reservation casino in Buffalo, New York, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. But opponents of the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino can't go into the dealings...

August 31, 2011

NIGC disapproves Tohono O'odham Nation casino ordinance

The National Indian Gaming Commission has rejected a casino ordinance for the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona. The tribe submitted an ordinance that refers to a site that is not yet in trust. Therefore it can't be approved under the...

August 30, 2011

City spends $1M on gaming lawsuit against Fond du Lac Band

The city council in Duluth, Minnesota, has authorized spending $1.06 million in its lawsuit against the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. The city says it's owed $12 million under a 1994 agreement that calls for the...

August 29, 2011

Fond du Lac Band back in court for disputed casino agreement

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is due in court on Wednesday over a gaming dispute with the city of Duluth, Minnesota. In 1994, the tribe agreed to share 19 percent of gross revenues from the...

August 24, 2011

BIA backs land-into-trust applications for Osage Nation casinos

The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved land-into-trust applications for three Osage Nation gaming sites. The BIA published notice of the applications in the Federal Register on July 19. After a 30-day comment period, the sites were placed in trust...

August 19, 2011

Oklahoma tribes discuss potential regulations at NIGC consultation

Oklahoma tribes are meeting with the National Indian Gaming Commission. The agency is consulting tribes about potential changes to its regulations. Nothing is being proposed right now but priorities are being identified, said one attorney. "It's still in the discussion...

July 28, 2011

Audio for Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on gaming

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this afternoon on the regulation of Indian gaming. One significant topic was the so-called CRIT decision from 2006. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Class III gaming is regulated through...

July 25, 2011

Witness list for Senate Indian Affairs Committee gaming hearing

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold an oversight hearing this Thursday on the role of the National Indian Gaming Commission and tribes in the regulation of Indian gaming. The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the...

NIGC rules UKB casino not on Indian land in long-running dispute

The casino owned by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma is not on "Indian land," the National Indian Gaming Commission said in a decision last Thursday. The tribe opened the Keetoowah Cherokee Casino in 1991. The site...

July 13, 2011

NIGC issues NOV on 1994 Fond du Lac Band gaming agreement

Better late than never -- the National Indian Gaming Commission has issued a notice of violation to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians for a gaming agreement that was signed in 1994. The NIGC approved the...

July 7, 2011

Senate Indian Affairs Committee roundtable, hearing for gaming

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has scheduled a roundtable and an oversight hearing to discuss gaming issues. On Tuesday, July 26, the committee will host a roundtable on Internet gaming. It will take place at 1pm in Room 628 of...