Tribal casino Industry 2008

In 2008, the current national economic crisis created serious challenges for tribal casinos. In Connecticut, the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, with its 1,400 slot machines, and the Mohegan Sun, with its more than 6,600 slots, are no exceptions. Read more »

• Groups press for tribe-friendly renewable energy policies
  
• Judge blocks cigarette tax law
• Industry continued to grow
• Sharing the wealth
• Red Hawk Casino hopeful even in economic downturn
  
• Nations will fight governor’s cigarette tax bill
  
• Native home-loan guarantee program is one bright spot in bleak market
  
• Native American Chamber Of Commerce partners with corporations
• Marketplace insights
• Flintco forms Native American division
• Wal-Mart stores encourage growth of American Indian owned businesses
  
• Cherokee Nation Businesses develops new waste management company
• County raid on Cayuga stores continues cigarette tax war
  
• White Earth Band is writing a new criminal code
• Metlakatla decision still haunts NIGC chairman
• Olney ‘JP’ Patt Jr. resigns as CRIFC executive director
• Sealaska infuses millions into southeast Alaska economy
  
• Under appeal in Desert Rock
• Metlakatla withdraws Class II gaming application, ending precedent threat
• Officials have high hopes for old Wisconsin ammunition plant
• Award-winning water bottler with a new conscience
• Native nonprofit to focus on green-collar careers
• Annual First American Leadership Awards event honors Indian business leaders
  
• Having a presence
• Making the best of tough economic times