The compacts contain updated fee structures and new casino locations, three for each Tribe. The compacts require Interior approval.
READ MORENIGA Asks Tribes to Join Legislative Push for Gaming Inclusion in Next COVID-19 Relief
by Native Business Staff | Apr 18, 2020 | Federal, Gaming, Happening Now, Legislative / Policy, News
In a letter to Tribal members this week, NIGA leaders Ernie Stevens Jr., Jason Giles and Danielle Her Many Horses urged Tribes to advocate fiercely for Tribal gaming inclusion in the next COVID-19 federal relief package.
READ MORE6 Tribes Sue Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Stop Tribal CARES Funding to ANCs
by Native Business Staff | Apr 17, 2020 | Federal, Gaming, Happening Now, Legal, Legislative / Policy, News
Meanwhile, ANCs assert: “The CARES Act is unambiguous: Alaska Native villages, Alaska Native regional corporations, and Alaska Native village corporations are ‘tribes’ under the CARES Act.”
READ MOREHarvard: If Feds Do Not Address Tribal Revenue, All Americans Will Suffer
by Native Business Staff | Apr 15, 2020 | Energy, Featured, Gaming, Happening Now
Harvard University’s dire prediction holds that Tribal economies could lose $49.5 billion with the shutdown of non-essential businesses, and that a failure of Tribal economies could imperil whole swaths of the larger American economy.
READ MOREMore Tribal Casinos Step Up With Food Donations to Alleviate Burden of COVID-19
by Native Business Staff | Apr 14, 2020 | Gaming, Happening Now, News
Gaming Tribes are providing tremendous support to their members and surrounding communities — even as they contend with the current and temporary disappearance of their most consistent revenue generator, land-based casinos.
READ MOREU.S. Treasury to Hold Tribal Consultations on CARES Act PPP Today
by Native Business Staff | Apr 14, 2020 | Gaming, Happening Now, Legislative / Policy, News
Tribes nationwide have protested the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) oversight of Tribal Government Gaming in the emergency relief available through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
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