Move to Strip MHA Nation of Missouri River Mineral Rights Is a ‘Land Grab’ and ‘Attack on Our Trust Resources’
“I’m not gonna be around this earth that long,” MHA Nation Chairman Mark N. Fox acknowledged, “but I’ll tell you what. If it takes 100 years to resolve this... then 100 years it shall be." For nearly two centuries, up until recently, the federal government has...
Waséyabek: Non-Gaming Diversification Empowered Tribal Economic Resilience in Face of COVID-19
Waséyabek Development Co.'s headquarters, purchased in October 2018, located in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Courtesy Waséyabek)Because the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi made the strategic decision to diversify away from gaming, the Tribal economy has...
Tourette Association of America Welcomes Newest Board Member, High-Ranking Native American Federal Employee with Tourette Syndrome
Gidner, who has Tourette Syndrome, is a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribe has served throughout the U.S. Department of the Interior. Bayside, NY -- The Tourette Association of America (TAA), the only national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette...
From Selling Cigs Curbside to Employing More Than 100 on the Seneca Nation
JC Seneca, founder of Six Nations Manufacturing, Native Pride Travel Plaza and BUFFALO Cigarettes. (Photo by Nicole Seneca) This article originally appeared in the March 2019 “Infrastructure” print edition of Native Business Magazine. When JC Seneca, a member of the...
Interior Approves Comanche, Otoe-Missouria Tribal Gaming Compacts in Oklahoma
Otoe-Missouria Tribal Chairman John Shotton (left) and Comanche Nation Chairman William Nelson Sr. (right), announcing in April their new Tribal-state compacts, now approved by Interior.The U.S. Department of Interior has approved two Tribal gaming compacts in...
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Treasury Has ‘Not Yet Arrived at a Determination’ on Title V CARES Funds to Be Paid to Tribes
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (Courtesy of Milken Institute)Well past 6 p.m. EST on Friday, May 1st, the U.S. Treasury finally submitted its joint status report as ordered due today by the judge assigned to the fourth CARES Act lawsuit, Agua Caliente Band of...
New CARES Lawsuit: Treasury’s Delay in Disbursing Funds Could Cause ‘Irreparable Harm’
"The Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm and have no other adequate remedy if Defendant continues to delay in disbursing the Title V funds," states Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin. Pictured: Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage, in...
Ahtna Intervenes to Seek Rights to Shares of $8B Tribal COVID-19 Relief Funds
Following a federal judge's issue of a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction barring Treasury from disbursing any COVID-19 relief funds designated for Tribal governments to Alaska Native Corporations (ANC), Ahtna, Inc. is stepping in. Ahtna argues...
Chairman Fox: Oil Crisis Threatens to ‘Knockout’ MHA Nation’s Economy
The real “left hook” for the MHA Nation will come in May, followed by the “power-punch knockout” in June, “when we could lose 80 to 90% of our revenue,” said MHA Nation Chairman Mark N. Fox, who favors boxing analogies. If oil prices don’t rebound, the Tribe stands to...
When Should Casinos Reopen? Coeur d’Alene Says Now, Others Wait
Tribal casinos, closed for weeks due to COVID-19, must now decide whether or how much to reopen. Their dilemma mirrors those of businesses all over the U.S., as they try to balance the desire to get back to work with the advice of medical experts and often...
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