Mashpee Leader to Mass. Gaming Commission: 'We Will Not Be Deterred'

Gale Courey Toensing
April 17, 2013
Tribe Launches PR Campaign against State Commission’s Commercial Gaming Plan In 2011, the Massachusetts legislators passed a bill allowing the development of three casinos in three...

Massachusetts Gaming Commission Vows to Speed Up Decision Process

ICTMN Staff
February 17, 2013
As tribes make their case for a casino in Massachusetts, the state's gaming commission has agreed to issue licenses for two of the regions in February and March of 2014...

Drudge Targets Native American Students on Thanksgiving; Follows Similar Move By Mary Bono Mack

Rob Capriccioso
November 23, 2012
Popular conservative website aggregator Matt Drudge is using Thanksgiving 2012 to target Native American students who want to add their perspectives to the American dialogue on wha...

Warren-Brown Third Debate: Massachusetts Candidates Talk Issues, Not Claims to Native Heritage

ICTMN Staff
October 11, 2012
In their third senate debate that took place October 10, Incumbent U. S. Sen...

Cherokee Principal Chief Denounces Sen. Scott Brown's Staffers, NCAI Statement Calls Campaign 'Extremely Disturbing'

ICTMN Staff
September 26, 2012
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker is calling on Sen...

Proposed Massachusetts Special License Plate Features Mayflower and Native American

ICTMN Staff
September 25, 2012
Does the proposed design for a special license plate commemorating the Plymouth, Massachusetts 400 th anniversary celebrate or denigrate the past?...

Mashpee’s Land-Into-Trust Under BIA Review

Gale Courey Toensing
May 31, 2012
Notice is a major step forward in Tribe’s pursuit of an initial reservation The end of May finds the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe two steps closer to realizing its dream of having an ac...

Pocasset Chairman: All Native Americans Should Jointly Pursue Casino in Massachusetts

ICTMN Staff
April 20, 2012
The Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe has contended the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe does not have historical roots in Taunton, Massachusetts; therefore, the Mashpees shouldn't hold exclusive ri...

Mashantucket Court Ruling Reaffirms Non-taxable Status of Reservations

Gale Courey Toensing
March 30, 2012
In an important legal win for Indian country, a federal judge has reaffirmed that states and their subdivisions cannot tax property on Indian land regardless of who owns it...

Mashpee Wampanoags Planning Massachusetts Resort Casino

ICTMN Staff
March 01, 2012
A new destination resort casino is potentially coming to Taunton, Massachusetts. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell and Mayor Thomas Hoye, Jr...

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