Indian Gaming Magazine: Spotlight on Economic Development

In this month’s Tribal Leader Roundtable, we spoke with three tribal leaders about the status of gaming at their casino properties and what plans they have for the future with regard to economic development. Here is what they had to say… Spotlight on...

Sovereignty shapes county’s relationship with tribal casinos

Eleven years after the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians opened Sonoma County’s only casino in the Geyserville hills, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria will throw open the doors to its far larger gambling palace next to Highway 101 outside Rohnert...

New York’s Attack on Tribal Lenders Is a Threat to All Natives

Despite a clear precedent in last year’s victory by tribal lenders against Colorado regulators, New York state authorities are mounting yet another attempt to erode tribal sovereign rights to operate businesses without state interference. New York’s banking czar,...

Indian Tribes Said to Sue N.Y. Financial Regulator

Two American Indian Tribes said they sued New York state’s financial regulatory agency and its head over his crackdown on businesses that do lending over the Internet, some of which are tribally-owned. A lawsuit seeking a court order against Benjamin Lawsky,...

Online Loans Help Families Meet Immediate Credit Needs

A recent piece by Ed Mierzwinski of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group [“Regulators Play ‘Whack-a-Mole’ With Predatory Lenders,” August 13] vilifying the short-term, online lending industry as “predatory” grossly misrepresented...

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