Lawsuit threatens talks on live dealers at Cherokee casino

March 17, 2010
A new lawsuit brought by a former video poker operator claims North Carolina’s governor doesn’t have the authority to negotiate gambling rights with the Eastern Band of Cherokee In... Read more

Sycuan Band, Kumeyaay Nation, Daniel Tucker Oppose US Poker

March 17, 2010
With California’s Native American tribes having such a powerful influence on the outcome of a bill that may bring intrastate poker to the state this year, it is interesting to see ... Read more

Reader: Students May Be Partly to Blame for District's Native American Mix-Up

March 17, 2010
Reader Indian Educator responds to Seattle School District Likely Owes $300,000 to the Feds After Submitting False Information... Read more

Aussie teacher hopes to put aboriginal experience to use

Adrian Jawort, Today correspondent
March 16, 2010
BILLINGS, Mont. – For Glenda McCarthy, working with urban area indigenous students has been a story of success... Read more

Senate passes ‘Termination Era’ PACT Act; tribal leaders will continue fight

Gale Courey Toensing
March 16, 2010
WASHINGTON – Handing big tobacco corporations a huge victory, the U.S... Read more

Thunder Valley Casino and Resort to hire 600 employees

Staff reports
March 16, 2010
LINCOLN, Calif. – With the hotel and casino expansion on track to open in July 2010, Thunder Valley Casino and Resort is now taking applications for more than 600 new jobs... Read more

Indian country ahead of the times

Tracey Fischer, Guest columnist
March 16, 2010
W ashington, D.C. seems to be taking an interest in grassroots Native economic development lately. Last week, Oweesta staff testified at a hearing of the U.S... Read more

Seattle School District Likely Owes $300,000 to the Feds After Submitting False Information

March 16, 2010
Already facing a budget crisis that has it laying off staff, the Seattle School District now expects it will have to return about $300,000 to the federal government... Read more

Oneidas cool to state’s new cigarette proposal

March 16, 2010
The sale of untaxed cigarettes from Indians to non-Indians has been a long standing issue, especially in the Mohawk Valley with the Oneida Indian Nation. Now Gov... Read more

Seeking high-achieving, low-income Native American high school juniors

Eva Thomas, Today correspondent
March 16, 2010
A cademically outstanding Native American students are both absent and in high demand at the country’s top colleges and universities... Read more

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