The Seneca Nation argues the arbitration over its casino payments to the state and the state’s maintenance of the decrepit stretch of the Thruway that runs through Seneca lands in Chautauqua County should be two separate issues.
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Aquinnah Tribe Wins Bid in Casino Suit, Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais Partakes in Presidential Forum
On Monday, a Massachusetts federal judge granted the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head’s bid to amend a judgment in a lawsuit against the state. Meanwhile, Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, served on two panels at the LaMere Native American Presidential Forum.
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Stacy Leeds to Guide Future Lawyers to Advance & Defend Tribal Rights Through ASU’s Indian Legal Program
Stacy L. Leeds, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, will teach federal Indian law this fall as part of ASU’s Indian Legal Program.
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Judge Again Rules in Favor of Ponca Tribe, Which Is Ready to Put Lawsuits to Bed and Focus on Economic Growth
Last year, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska opened a casino on restored Tribal lands in Iowa, while a civil case against the gaming establishment was pending.
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MGM Sues Interior, Argues Tribes Seek to Leverage a ‘Monopoly Over Commercial Gaming in Connecticut’
MGM Resorts International has filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing that the Interior and its Bureau of Indian Affairs have no authority to approve Connecticut-Tribal gaming compacts for off-reservation commercial casinos.
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Honoring Sovereign Immunity, 9th Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Coal Mining on Navajo Nation
On the grounds of Tribal sovereign immunity, yesterday a federal court dismissed a challenge by environmental groups to expanded coal mining on the Navajo Nation to power the Four Corners Power Plant.
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