The Obama Administration has announced it will pay American Indians $US3.4 billion ($3.7 billion) to settle a class action that argued that US federal governments cheated tribes for more than a century out of royalties for oil, mineral and other leases. The settlement ends a 13-year legal battle that led [...]
New Mexico's gambling tribes are taking their first major financial hits since they came on the scene in force in the late 90's. We wouldn't be surprised to see one or two of them shutter their doors in the years ahead.
An Indian tribe wants to build a grand, $1.5 billion Las Vegas-style casino resort on a swath of land overlooking San Francisco Bay - a spot more than 100 miles from its tribal lands. Across the country, some Indian tribes are seeking to construct casinos well away from their reservations [...]