Let the lobbying
begin.
At the FireKeepers
Local Revenue Sharing Board meeting Monday, Harper Creek Community Schools tried
to draft LRSB policy that would protect the district's share of FireKeepers
Casino profits.
The former police chief of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians and his daughter
are facing several years in prison if convicted of federal charges against them,
Michigan news agencies are reporting.
A mandate for complete
consensus took the FireKeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board on a 90-minute trip
to nowhere Monday.
On a board where one
dissenting vote can stall the process indefinitely, the LRSB satisfied one
member's objections to a money-spending procedure by doing nothing more than
changing the form of the procedure.
...
Tribal elders, involved in the recall effort of tribal
leaders Ken Harrington and Dexter McNamara, maintained the legality of their
recall petition signature collection Sunday during a regular meeting of the
tribal council.
As the Little Shell Chippewa Alliance prepares to seat
who they believe to be the tribe's only duly-elected council, the current Little
Shell Tribal Council is warning tribal members that this election could put
tribal members' personal information at risk.
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Election Board
has approved two petitions to conduct a recall election for tribal chairman Ken
Harrington and vice-chairma...
On Feb. 20, the new Tribal Chief for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe spoke to
the Tribal membership at his first State of the Tribe Address.
Dennis V.
Kequom wanted...
Funeral services have been set for Laura Spurr, the Tribal Chairwoman of the
Nottawaseppi Huron band of Potawatomi, who died Friday from a heart attack in
California.
...
In an economy taking a
toll on businesses' bottom lines across the country, a local tribe decided to
roll the dice and open a $300 million casino in arguably the most de...
Emmett Township likely
will wait until FireKeepers Casino finishes its future development plans before
looking at its own plan for the 11-Mile Road-East Michigan Avenue ...
The Sault Tribe has taken action that will protect access to medical care for
Tribal children, elders and other members.
The Tribal Board's move will keep
direct he...
The owners of Blue Chip Casino Hotel & Spa say they aren't worried about
competition from a new Potawatomi casino on track to open near Kalamazoo, Mich.,
this summer, ev...
Three Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort employees were "happy" and "excited" to
hear Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut agreed to a contract under Tribal law
with 2,500...
Members of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
Tribal Council and the FireKeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board are currently
dining on cake, celebrating the nearly ...
