After five years of disagreements over New York State’s responsibility to repair a deteriorated three-mile stretch of thruway running through the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Territory, urgent repairs have begun.
READ MORESeneca Nation to NY: Arbitration Over Casino Payments & Road Maintenance Are Two Separate Issues
by Native Business Staff | Aug 22, 2019 | Happening Now, Infrastructure, Legal, News
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.
READ MOREAquinnah Tribe Wins Bid in Casino Suit, Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais Partakes in Presidential Forum
by Native Business Staff | Aug 21, 2019 | Gaming, Legal, Legislative / Policy, News
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.
READ MOREStacy Leeds to Guide Future Lawyers to Advance & Defend Tribal Rights Through ASU’s Indian Legal Program
by Native Business Staff | Aug 19, 2019 | Career, Legal, Legislative / Policy, News, The Future
Stacy L. Leeds, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, will teach federal Indian law this fall as part of ASU’s Indian Legal Program.
READ MOREJudge Again Rules in Favor of Ponca Tribe, Which Is Ready to Put Lawsuits to Bed and Focus on Economic Growth
by Native Business Staff | Aug 15, 2019 | Federal, Gaming, Legal, Legislative / Policy, News
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.
READ MOREMGM Sues Interior, Argues Tribes Seek to Leverage a ‘Monopoly Over Commercial Gaming in Connecticut’
by Native Business Staff | Aug 8, 2019 | Gaming, Legal, Legislative / Policy, News
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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