FORT SILL APACHE TRIBE v. NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION et al

  1. April 30, 2020

    Apache Tribe Loses Casino Suit Against Gaming Commission

    The Fort Sill Apache Tribe has lost its challenge in D.C. federal court to the National Indian Gaming Commission's stance that hosting a casino on its lands would violate the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

  2. November 26, 2019

    Apache Tribe Continues To Press For Casino On NM Land

    The Fort Sill Apache Tribe has reiterated to a D.C. federal court that it believes it is entitled to operate a casino on land it owns in New Mexico, pushing back on the National Indian Gaming Commission's arguments to the contrary.

  3. July 22, 2019

    NIGC Says Apache Tribe Can't Use NM Land For Casino

    The National Indian Gaming Commission has argued that it properly determined the Fort Sill Apache Tribe was not entitled to operate a casino on land the tribe owns in New Mexico, urging a D.C. federal court to grant it a win in the tribe's long-running suit.

  4. April 29, 2019

    Apache Tribe Says NIGC Wrongly Rebuffed Casino Land Bid

    The Fort Sill Apache Tribe on Friday asked a D.C. federal judge to grant it a quick win in its suit against the National Indian Gaming Commission, saying the tribe is entitled to have land taken into trust as "restored lands" under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

  5. June 20, 2018

    Gov't's 'Sense of Urgency' Questioned In Tribal Gambling Row

    A D.C. federal judge gave the Trump administration a few extra days to respond to the Fort Sill Apache tribe's bid for documents in a fight over a rejected bid with the National Indian Gaming Commission to host gambling on its land, warning Wednesday it will be the last extension and questioning the government's "sense of urgency" in the case.

  6. May 25, 2018

    Tribe Can Challenge Gaming Commission Denial: DC Judge

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday said that a dispute between the Fort Sill Apache tribe and the National Indian Gaming Commission "has become unduly complicated," deciding that the government's latest rejection of the tribe's gambling bid could be challenged while also trimming some claims in the suit.

  7. August 22, 2017

    Tribe Blasts Gaming Commission Bid For Gambling Suit Redo

    The Fort Sill Apache Tribe urged a D.C. federal judge Monday not to reconsider its decision allowing the tribe to update its challenge to the government’s rejection of the tribe’s gambling bid, saying the National Indian Gaming Commission is rehashing old arguments to try to shield an agency letter from being contested in court.

  8. July 31, 2017

    NIGC Asks Judge To Rethink Ruling In Tribe's Gambling Suit

    The National Indian Gaming Commission on Friday urged a D.C. federal judge to dismiss several claims from a suit over the government's rejection of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe's gambling bid, contending that the judge had wrongly changed course by ruling that an NIGC letter could be challenged in court.

  9. April 27, 2017

    NIGC, DOI Slam Tribe's Bid To Beef Up Gambling Suit

    The National Indian Gaming Commission and the U.S. Department of the Interior urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday not to let the Fort Sill Apache Tribe add claims to its suit over the government's rejection of the tribe's gambling bid, saying the tribe is basing the new claims on a supposed agreement with the agency that never existed.

  10. March 23, 2017

    Apache Tribe Targets NIGC Letter For Rejecting Gambling Bid

    The Fort Sill Apache Tribe urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to let it add claims to a suit over the National Indian Gaming Commission's rejection of the tribe's gambling bid, saying a recent court ruling backed the tribe's contention that the NIGC issued a new decision in January the tribe can challenge in court.