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Oklahoma

NIGC Response to Oklahoma Officials' Objection to Broken Arrow Casino

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jan 21 2012
NIGC Chair Tracie Stevens issued a response to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK).  Earlier this month, Coburn and Sullivan had requested information about the legality of the Kialegees' construction of a casino in suburban Tulsa.

Stevens acknowledged that IGRA requires a tribe to operate Indian gaming only on "Indian lands," which has a specific legal definition, as explained in our earlier posts.

Kathryn Quoted on Kialegee Casino

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jan 20 2012
Kathryn's quoted in the Tulsa World on the legal requirements for the Kialegee Tribal Town to operate their under-construction casino in suburban Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

When Is Non-Reservation Land Indian Land?

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jan 13 2012
An issue that arises repeatedly is "Can a tribe build a casino on this land?"  This is, of course, the essential question in the recent coverage of the Kialegee Tribal Town's plans for a Broken Arrow casino in Oklahoma.  We thought we'd break down this complex factual and legal question.

Litigation Grab Bag

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Mar 23 2010
This week's headlines have turned up a grab bag of litigation related to Indian gaming.  Here's a sample, ranging from intratribal disputes over gaming revenue to local residents challenging the status of tribal lands to cheating in tribal casinos: