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Pamunkey Tribe eager to move forward with casino proposals

The recently recognized Pamunkey Tribe is seeking to build two casinos in Virginia as full-scale gaming moves closer to reality. The tribe has its eyes on Norfolk, where local officials already support plans for a facility on 13.4 acres on the waterfront. The tribe is also hoping to bid on a potential casino in the[...]

March 23, 2020

Desert Diamond Casino West Valley Operated by Tohono O’odham Nation Opens Its Doors in Arizona

New Desert Diamond Casino opened in Arizona In the state of Arizona, the new $400 million-worth Desert Diamond Casino West Valley owned and operated by the Tohono O’odham Nation opened its doors to the public just several days ago. Within a couple of hours after opening, the venue reached its maximum capacity. The Desert Diamond[...]

March 20, 2020

Federal regulators approve preliminary permit for Pyramid Lake hydropower energy storage project

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a preliminary permit Thursday to build a new reservoir in the mountains above Pyramid Lake as part of an energy storage project. The commission’s approval comes despite environmental and cultural concerns that were expressed in comments from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which manages most of the land where[...]

March 20, 2020

‘Timing is critical’: Native Americans warn virus may overwhelm underfunded health services

Native American health leaders are urging the US government to distribute urgently needed equipment and funding to help contain the spread of coronavirus among tribal members, amid mounting concerns that the pandemic could overwhelm chronically underresourced tribal health services. Tribes are reporting shortages of essential protective gear and testing services, as well as medical manpower[...]

March 20, 2020

PHOTOS: Cowlitz Indian Tribe leads salmon restoration project along Abernathy Creek

Log lift A log is lifted by a helicopter before being flown to and placed in Abernathy Creek west of Longview, Wash. on Wednesday morning for a salmon habitat restoration project sponsored by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Courtney Talak Over the treeline A Columbia helicopter carries a log over a silhouetted treeline west of Longview[...]

March 20, 2020

Dakota Access Pipeline’s Fate Again in Court’s Hands

Protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline outside of the Lakota Sioux reservation of Standing Rock, North Dakota, on Dec. 4, 2016. Long-running case centers on federal approvals for oil project Lawyers appeared remotely for hearing due to coronavirus American Indian tribes on Wednesday renewed their calls for a federal court to halt the embattled Dakota[...]

March 19, 2020

Proposed Catawba Indian casino in King’s Mountain moves forward

Principal Chief of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Richard Sneed speaking at a press conference. (Courtesy Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) RALEIGH — On March 12, the Catawba Indian Nation held a press conference to present renderings and construction plans for a new destination casino on a site in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. According to[...]

March 18, 2020

Dirt broken for Dream Catcher project

Lumbee Tribe Cultural Ambassador Reggie Brewer, left, and Lumbee Tribal Council member Corbin Eddings perform a Blessing of the Site ceremony on Monday at the Dream Catcher Union Chapel housing project site in Pembroke. The development is the first of three planned in the tribe’s $10 million Dream Catcher Project. S&L Contracting workers lay water[...]

March 18, 2020

Catawba Indian Nation gets green light for casino in North Carolina; EBCI to sue

ONE FEATHER STAFF A recent Department of the Interior (DOI) decision to take land into trust effectively gives the Catawba Indian Nation the green light to open a gaming operation in North Carolina. The official decision, granted on Thursday, March 12, puts 16.57 acres into trust for the Catawba in an area known as the[...]

March 18, 2020

Study: Livingston casino generates $170 million into East Texas’ economy

Naskila Gaming, one of the few casinos in Texas, supports more than 700 jobs and provides a $170 million economic impact to East Texas, according to a economic study by the Texas Forest Country Partnership. The study updates economic impact numbers from 2018 and reveals what tribe leaders call “the increasingly important impact of the[...]

March 18, 2020

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