PoliticsFighting Sioux
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No surrender: Fighting Sioux nickname supporters vow to fight on to June vote (5/16/2012)
(North Dakota) -- People working to persuade North Dakota voters to allow retirement of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname next month say they’re encouraged by...
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Poll shows support for retiring Fighting Sioux nickname (5/15/2012)
(North Dakota) -- A month before the electoral showdown over UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname, a new statewide poll shows likely voters inclined toward allowing the...
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Mining & Drilling
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Major Player in Fight Against Coal Company Bows Out (5/16/2012)
(Texas) -- In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the border, an...
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Tribal leader in North Dakota opposes proposed federal rule on hydraulic fracturing disclosure (5/9/2012)
(North Dakota) -- A former president of the National Congress of American Indians says his tribe opposes proposed federal rules to require companies drilling for oil and...
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Poarch Creek
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Smith speaks out on PCI (5/16/2012)
(Alabama) -- Brandon Smith, Escambia County Commissioner District 4, has taken a stand against his fellow commissioners, fighting for what he believes are jobs and...
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Labor & Unions
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Gov. Christie rallies union workers in Atlantic City (5/15/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Gov. Chris Christie today delivered a rallying cry for jobs to members of the Laborers’ International Union of North America who attended their...
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Liberty Quarry
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Project denied, but opponents say door open (5/15/2012)
(California) -- What was expected to be the final chapter in the seven-year battle over a proposed Temecula-area rock mine could be the jumping-off point for a court...
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Native Voices
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HARJO: What’s the Deal With Elizabeth Warren, Cherokee? (5/15/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- What’s up, you ask, with the “Native American” uproar in the Elizabeth Warren-Scott Brown race for U.S. senator from Massachusetts?...
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TREUER: An Ojibwe view of the Elizabeth Warren flap (5/7/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Suddenly many Americans wonders what it means that Elizabeth Warren, who is vying for Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown's U.S. Senate seat, has...
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Internet Cafes
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Canton says no new internet cafes (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- The mood and vibe at the 3 in a Row Internet cafe was mellow on a recent afternoon. Lisa Irwin, owner and operator of the business that offers what she...
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Internet cafe: What's difference between skill vs. sweepstakes? (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Canton officials and the public may not see much of a difference between skill games and sweepstakes games. But according to the attorney general’s...
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Mashpee Wampanoag
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Creator of StopTauntonCasino.com reveals himself (5/14/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- City residents on both sides of the casino issue are increasingly making their presence felt online, using websites and social media as ways to spread...
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New Jersey Online
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BRENNAN: Online gaming – not a good bet, say New Jerseyans (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Just four days after a bill that could make New Jersey the first state to offer online gaming passed an Assembly committee in Trenton, a poll has come...
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Fearing a hit to the pocketbook, most N.J. voters oppose online gambling, poll finds (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- A bill to allow Internet gambling on casino games is making its way through the New Jersey Legislature, but a new poll shows the majority of Garden State...
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New Jersey Voters Don’t Want Internet Gambling (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Some New Jersey legislators may be excited about expanding Atlantic City gambling to the Internet, but Garden State voters are not.
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NJ Voters Oppose Internet Gambling (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- While some New Jersey legislators may be excited about expanding Atlantic City gaming to the Internet, a majority of Garden State voters are against it.
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New Jersey Online Gaming Bill Moves Toward Vote (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- The bill to legalize online gaming in New Jersey moved closer to realization last week as a state Assembly committee approved a bill very similar to one...
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New Jersey Regulator Sees Way Forward For Internet Gambling [sub req'd] (5/9/2012)
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey is prepared to fight the federal government in court on sports betting, but the state is now confident of agreement with the Department of...
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BRENNAN: Online betting in NJ may inch forward this week (5/8/2012)
(New Jersey) -- I warned you here two months ago that “budget season” would dominate Trenton statehouse politics for quite some time, at the expense of...
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Politics may be behind Christie's Internet gaming change of heart (5/7/2012)
(New Jersey) -- With his political stock rising, Gov. Christie may again be backing off on approving Internet gaming, and has delayed action that would free New Jersey...
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Ohio Gaming
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Polls Show Support For Ohio’s Casinos (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Polls show Ohioans overwhelmingly approve of Ohio’s four new casinos slated to open in coming months. Not everyone is happy, ONN’s Jim Heath...
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Ontario Gaming
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Owner Takes Out Full-Page Ad In Support Of Horse Racing (5/14/2012)
(Ontario) -- Ed James was recently recognized at the leading owner at Grand River Raceway for 2011, but after today James might just be heralded as the leading owner in...
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Vikings Stadium
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Racinos Off The Table As Minnesota Tribes Score Lobbying Win [sub req] (5/14/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Minnesota’s modest gambling expansion is a victory for the state’s long-established tribal casinos, who managed to blunt what could have been...
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Minnesota Governor Signs Agreement for New $975 Million Vikings Stadium (5/14/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Today, Gov. Mark Dayton authorized an agreement to build a new $975 million stadium for the Minnesota Vikings at the same site of the team’s current...
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Graton Rancheria
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RP Casino Gets Another Legislative Green Light (5/11/2012)
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are just one approval away from clearing the decks for construction on a massive gambling casino and hotel...
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Disenrollment
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Robinson Rancheria evicts five disenrollees and their families (5/9/2012)
(California) -- On Tuesday several families that had been subject to tribal disenrollment several years ago were evicted from their homes on Robinson Rancheria. Tribal...
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Foxborough Casino
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Foxboro decision may aid Plainridge (5/9/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Plainridge Racecourse President Gary Piontkowski said he hopes the withdrawal of a casino plan for Foxboro means people will stop asking him about...
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Foxboro vote seen giving Suffolk casino edge (5/9/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The suspension of efforts by business heavyweights Robert Kraft and Steve Wynn to locate a resort casino in Foxboro takes a major competitor to...
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Suffolk Downs: Competing group drops out of casino license chase (5/9/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Backers of a casino project near Foxboro Stadium in the Boston area have abandoned their plans, handing the lead for the sole casino license for the...
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Wynn Resorts halts plans for $1 billion Foxborough casino (5/9/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Wynn Resorts Ltd. on Tuesday dropped its plan for a $1 billion resort and casino adjacent to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., following the...
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Anti-casino Foxboro voters leave little to chance (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The two anti-casino candidates who won last night’s Foxboro selectmen’s race said their victories deal a lethal blow to a Steve Wynn-Bob...
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Casino opponents win selectmen's contest in Foxborough (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- In one of the most closely watched town elections in recent history, the two candidates who spoke out against siting a casino in Foxborough handily...
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Foxboro casino plans scrapped (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- A day after being slapped down by Foxboro voters, moguls Steve Wynn and Robert Kraft abandoned plans to build a resort casino in the shadow of...
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Foxborough Casino Proposal Is Suspended (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Following the election of two anti-casino selectmen in a town vote Monday night, Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn and New England Patriots owner...
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Foxborough Vote Seen As Rebuke On Casino Proposal (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Voters in Foxborough have made it harder for a casino to be built in their town, electing two selectmen opposed to any talks over a resort casino...
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Kraft, Wynn suspend Foxborough casino proposal (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The Kraft Group and Wynn Resorts say they are suspending efforts to bring a $1 billion resort-style casino to Foxborough.
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Plans for Mass. casino near Patriots' home halted (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Plans to bring a $1 billion resort-style casino to the New England Patriots' hometown have been suspended, Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn...
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Steve Wynn drops casino proposal (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Casino developer Steve Wynn abandoned plans Tuesday to build a Foxborough gambling resort on land owned by Robert Kraft, a decision that reshuffles...
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Wynn, Kraft will drop Foxborough casino plan (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- In the wake of the yesterday’s election in Foxborough, Mass., where casino opponents swept the town selectmen’s race, the Kraft Group and...
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Casino foes get most financial backing (5/7/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Casino opponents head into Monday’s Board of Selectman’s race in Foxborough as the overwhelming leaders in the race for campaign donations...
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Foxboro resident: 'It's almost like a civil war in town' (5/7/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- A routine election in one small Massachusetts community is getting a lot of attention. The race for town selectmen in Foxboro, Mass. has taken on...
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Foxboro speaks (5/7/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Town voters sent a resounding message Monday: They don't want Foxboro to host a casino. Though the race was technically for two seats on the board...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Now its Suffolk vs. Milford for casino (5/9/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- When New England Patriots owner Robert K. Kraft and Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn announced Tuesday they were dropping their Foxborough casino plan after...
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Suffolk Downs a top contender for casino bid (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The Kraft Group and Steve Wynn have suspended their bid for a casino in Foxborough which opens the door for a gambling facility at Suffolk Downs in...
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New York Gaming
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New York’s Tribes Start Casino Pushback [sub req'd] (5/8/2012)
(New York) -- A push to legalize full-scale commercial casinos in New York faces emerging opposition from the state’s tribal casinos, who are bulking up on high-...
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Seminole Tribe
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LETTER: Ramos has vision (5/8/2012)
(California) -- I am responding to Michele Derry's Point of View published April 23. I have stood by long enough as a resident born and raised in the city of San...
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Wampanoag Aquinnah
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Aquinnahs vote to pursue a small casino on Martha's Vineyard (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- While the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe is pursuing a casino in southeastern Massachusetts under the state’s gaming legislation, the tribe is also...
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Oregon Mascots
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Sanford School Committee votes to stop using Redskins for teams (5/7/2012)
(Maine) -- The last high school in Maine to call its teams Redskins will retire the name, which is offensive to Native Americans and others.
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San Manuel Tribe
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LETTER: Ramos has integrity (5/7/2012)
(California) -- I am writing in response to Ms. Michele Derry's point of view ("A supervisor with courage and guts," April 22) concerning the candidacy of...
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Nasty mailers provoke response (5/7/2012)
(California) -- Usually in an election contest, it’s the challenger who attacks the incumbent to gain the upper hand with voters.
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Other News
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Christie won't give speech at gaming conference (5/15/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Gov. Christie, the scheduled keynote speaker at this week’s East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City at the new Revel Casino, will not attend...
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Anti-casino mailing hits boxes (5/15/2012)
(Arkansas) -- Interesting. A friend today received a mailer urging people not to sign petitions being circulated by Nancy Todd to amend the Arkansas Constitution to...
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Who's a Native American? It's complicated (5/14/2012)
(USA) -- The recent controversy over Massachusetts congressional candidate Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry, where the campaign of her opponent for a...
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Elizabeth Warren went native at Penn, too (5/11/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Elizabeth Warren’s tumultuous Senate campaign was back on defense yesterday over her purported Native American roots after documents showed that...
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University of Pennsylvania Described Warren as a Minority Faculty Member (5/11/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Elizabeth Warren, a Senate candidate here who has been under fire for claiming minority status in a legal directory in the 1980s and ’90s, was...
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Elizabeth Warren brushes off ‘Trail of Tears’ report (5/9/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Elizabeth Warren waved off reports yesterday that an ancestor helped round up Cherokees in the infamous “Trail of Tears,” as well as...
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RIGHT WING POV: Law professor: Warren’s ancestor rounded up Cherokees before Trail of Tears (5/9/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson, citing a genealogist, claimed Tuesday that Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren‘s...
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Scott Brown pushes Elizabeth Warren on Native American issue (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is calling on Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, his Democratic challenger, to release all her past job applications...
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Sanford votes to drop ‘Redskins’ as high school team nickname (5/8/2012)
(Maine) -- The Sanford School Committee has voted to drop the nickname Redskins for the local high school’s sports teams.
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Native American Voters No Longer Easily Suppressed in New Mexico (5/8/2012)
(New Mexico) -- While New Mexico’s minority populations are no strangers to attempts to limit their voting rights, its Native American residents continue to add...
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Brown to Warren: Answer the questions (5/7/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The flap over Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage is far from over -- at least according to Sen. Scott Brown.
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Elizabeth Warren Finally Teaches a Lesson on Native Identity (5/7/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- When Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) suggested in late April that Elizabeth Warren, his likely Democratic opponent this November, had forged a Native...
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Liz skips Harvard Powwow (5/7/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Senatorial wannabe Elizabeth Warren, aka Fauxcahontas, said she listed herself as a minority in law school directories because she was hoping to meet...
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Gov. Cuomo targets New York Racing Association with reforms (5/7/2012)
(New York) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued to target the New York Racing Association on Monday, saying legislative action is being considered to end what he calls a...
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CON-BLOG: HUD Gives Taxpayer Funds to Rich Indian Tribes (5/7/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Last week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced its giveaway of taxpayer monies — calling them “...
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MORON ALERT: Megyn Kelly Mimicks Native American Word, Tells Shepard Smith She's 'Been Drinking' (VIDEO) (5/3/2012)
(New York) -- Megyn Kelly's Fox News show had quite the ending on Thursday. Just before she tossed to the next Fox News program, Kelly said that many viewers were...
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Bill for auctioning revoked casino licenses passes House (5/3/2012)
(Pennsylvania) -- A bill to allow the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to auction revoked casino licenses to the “highest responsible bidder” passed the...
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U of M students hope documentary prompts debate over apology to Native Americans (5/3/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. An old saying, it came to mind as University of Minnesota lecturer Carter Meland talked to me about a thought-...
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BLOG: Warren Says She’s Proud of Being American Indian (5/2/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday defended her decision to identify herself as a minority in a directory of law professors in the 1980s and ’90s,...
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Elizabeth Warren: Being Native American is part of who our family is (5/2/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren is defending her Native American ancestry, which came under fire recently after a report revealed that...
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