Author: Owen Herne

Substance abuse treatment facilities, wellness centers access funding source proposed

TAHLEQUAH – Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner are proposing legislation that would provide Cherokee Nation citizens with access to substance abuse treatment centers, wellness centers and fitness centers by setting aside a portion of third-party revenues collected by CN Health Services each year. According to a CN release, if approved,[...]

March 3, 2021

San Carlos Apache Tribe Chairman Terry Rambler releases statement

San Carlos Apache Reservation – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is directing the Tonto National Forest to rescind the Final Environmental Impact Statement and draft Record of Decision for the proposed Resolution Copper Mine. This action stops the transfer of Oak Flat, land that is sacred to the San Carlos and numerous[...]

March 3, 2021

Boyd to break ground next week on tribal casino near Sacramento

Casino operator Boyd Gaming Corp.’s headquarters at 6465 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas. (Eli Segall/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Boyd Gaming Corp. is set to start building a tribal casino outside Sacramento that has been in the works for years. The Las Vegas casino operator announced Tuesday it expects to break ground on the Wilton Rancheria tribe’s[...]

March 3, 2021

A new casino nearly 30 years in the making opens tonight in Park City

Park City casino opens CrossWinds Casino in Park City opens its doors at 7 p.m. on March 2. The 20,000-square-foot facility offers hundreds of slot machines. By Jaime Green captions and subtitles off, selected CrossWinds Casino in Park City opens its doors at 7 p.m. on March 2. The 20,000-square-foot facility offers hundreds of slot[...]

March 3, 2021

Hovland named as Associate Commissioner of National Indian Gaming Commision

WASHINGTON, D.C. February 11, 2021 – The National Indian Gaming Commission is pleased to welcome Associate Commissioner Jeannie Hovland (Flandreau Santee Sioux), appointed to a three-year term on January 17, 2021. “I am honored by my appointment to the Commission, a wonderfully hardworking and dedicated team,” said Hovland. “I look forward to collaborating with Chairman[...]

March 3, 2021

Aquinnah plans to invite tribe to the table

The Aquinnah board of selectmen will invite Cheryl Andews-Maltais and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) back to the table to talk about their casino project. -Gabrielle Mannino The Aquinnah board of selectmen will reach out to the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) through a letter inviting them back to the table to[...]

March 3, 2021

Groundbreaking ceremony set for new casino at site of Elk Grove’s ‘Ghost Mall’

When finished, the unnamed casino will be the closest casino to Sacramento. ELK GROVE, Calif. — The Boyd Gaming Corporation is set to break ground on a new casino at the site of the Elk Grove “ghost mall.” The 64-acre property along Promenade Parkway and Grant Line Road was sold by the Howard Hughes Corporation[...]

March 3, 2021

Funders want to help ensure Native food sovereignty. Many in those communities want philanthropy to do better.

Philanthropy activists say access to capital is everything. For that, Native enterprises need investments to build locally thriving economies—not just loans and grants. Pictured above: Nick Hernandez and Lisa Iron Cloud process chickens in the Makoce Agriculture Development mobile poultry unit. From his small farm near Leupp, in a corner of the Navajo Nation in[...]

March 2, 2021

MICHIGAN ODAWA NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE AND WINGS OF WONDER PARTNER ON EAGLE AVIARY AND REHAB CENTER

LTBB of Odawa Indians Tribal Elder and Pipe Carrier Joe Mitchell at a Wings of Wonder Bald Eagle Release on Tribal Lands Rendering of the Migizi Aviary and Rehabilitation Center, which will be located north of Harbor Springs in the Northwest part of Michigan’s lower peninsula Little Traverse Bay Bands and Celebrated Michigan Raptor Expert[...]

March 2, 2021

Fond du Lac Band awarded $3.4M in housing funds

On Friday, Feb. 26, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Cloquet was awarded $3,492,377 in grant funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Indian Housing Block grant is a HUD initiative geared towards providing funding for eligible Native American Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities in the[...]

March 2, 2021

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