The federal authority that oversees Indian casinos strongly reinforced to Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange that, despite his recent attempted action against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the tribe does not have to follow the state definition of bingo and has a right to operate electronic bingo casinos in the state. Strange has pushed [...]
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians, responding to a lawsuit filed by the office of Attorney General Luther Strange to try to stop gambling at Poarch Creek casinos in the state, said the lawsuit has no legal merit and does not recognize that the Poarch Creeks are a sovereign nation under federal and not state [...]
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange filed a lawsuit in Elmore County trying to shut down what he argues are slot machines at the three casinos operated in the state by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. While Strange quickly points out that state authorities do not have jurisdiction on tribal land, he argues that the [...]
The feud among Creek tribes over the future of historic land in Wetumpka could boil over Thursday when some Creeks plan to go to the site, where the Poarch Band of Creek Indians are in the midst of a $246 million hotel and casino expansion, for a religious ceremony. A coalition of traditional members of [...]
Native American activists will continue their fight against the $246 million expansion of a casino in Wetumpka operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians with demonstrations on Saturday. Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma and some Poarch Creeks have said the land in Wetumpka where the casino is being expanded is sacred [...]