Robert Odawi Porter

Why Tribes Should Oppose Internet Gaming

Congress is now considering the legalization of gambling over the Internet. Indian country, which has invested billions of dollars in traditional “bricks and mortar” businesses, should be extremely worried about this effort....

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April 05, 2013

Former Seneca Nation President Porter Enters Law Field With SNR Denton

ICTMN Staff
February 02, 2013
Robert Odawi Porter, who recently completed his term as the 67 th President of the Seneca Nation of Indians has joined SNR Denton’s Washington, D.C...

Seneca Council Chair to Run for President; President to Run for Treasurer

Gale Courey Toensing
July 13, 2012
When American citizens go to the polls on November 6 to elect a president of the United States for the next four years, Seneca Nation citizens will vote to elect a president for th...

Seneca Council Bans Synthetic Pot, Bath Salts

ICTMN Staff
March 17, 2012
In a move unrelated to the raids in February, the Seneca Nation of Indians Council voted March 10 to ban the sale and distribution of synthetic marijuana, bath salts and drug-use p...

The American Indian Empowerment Act – a ‘Radical’ Tribal Land Plan

Rob Capriccioso
March 04, 2012
The American Indian Empowerment Act is going nowhere in Congress, but its sponsor, Rep...

President Obama’s Million-Dollar Native Fund-Raiser

Rob Capriccioso
February 20, 2012
In a sign of growing tribal political clout, 70 Indian officials attended a first-ever Native -specific campaign fund-raiser with President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C...

Seneca President Robert Odawi Porter Comments on Casino Incident

ICTMN Staff
February 17, 2012
On February 10, New York Senator Mark Grisanti and his wife were attending a fundraising event for the Seneca Diabetes Foundation at the Seneca Indian Nation’s Seneca Niagara Casin...

Senator Mark Grisanti and Wife Attacked at Seneca Casino

ICTMN Staff
February 12, 2012
On February 10, the Seneca Nation Casino at Niagara Falls, owned by the Seneca Indian Nation, was raising money and awareness for the Seneca Diabetes Foundation with figurehead att...

Senate Hearing to Address Internet Gaming: 'What's at Stake for Tribes'

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2012
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding an oversight hearing this afternoon on Internet gaming pertaining to the Department of Justice's recent opinion concerning the Wire A...

Seneca President and Council Announce Reconciliation, Council Chairmanship Remains Unclear

Gale Courey Toensing
November 18, 2011
The Seneca Nation president and council appear to have resolved an internal power struggle that threatened to paralyze the government’s functioning...

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