February 21, 2017
A D.C. federal judge on Friday declined to find that the National Indian Gaming Commission violated a court order directing the agency to reconsider its rejection of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe's bid to conduct gambling, saying the NIGC acted "in substantial compliance" with the order.
February 08, 2017
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe again urged a D.C. federal judge Tuesday to force the National Indian Gaming Commission to comply with a court order to reconsider its rejection of the tribe’s bid to conduct gambling, saying the agency must make a new decision on the request so the tribe can challenge it.
February 01, 2017
The National Indian Gaming Commission told a D.C. federal judge Tuesday the agency had complied with a court order to reconsider its rejection of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe's request to conduct gambling and that its position was unchanged.
January 18, 2017
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe on Tuesday moved to force the National Indian Gaming Commission to comply with a D.C. federal court's order requiring it to reconsider denying the tribe's bid to conduct gambling, and said the commission needs to explain why it should not be held in contempt for disobeying.
October 04, 2016
A D.C. federal judge refused to budge Tuesday on ordering the U.S. Department of the Interior to issue a letter clarifying its position on the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma's federal acknowledgment status in the tribe's suit seeking authorization to conduct gambling on trust lands.
September 30, 2016
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma and the U.S. Department of the Interior traded blows in D.C. federal court Thursday in the tribe's suit seeking to be allowed to conduct gambling on tribal trust lands, with the tribe arguing that the DOI can't back out of its promise to issue a letter clarifying the tribe's federal acknowledgement status.
August 15, 2016
The D.C. federal judge presiding over a lawsuit between the National Indian Gaming Commission and an Oklahoma tribe accused of illegal gaming ordered the Department of the Interior on Monday to issue a letter clarifying the tribe’s federal acknowledgement status, complaining that the DOI’s slow responses have delayed settlement of the case.
October 14, 2015
A D.C. federal judge agreed on Wednesday to give more time to an Oklahoma tribe and the federal government to try to resolve claims over a National Indian Gaming Commission decision reaffirming that the tribe was illegally conducting gaming on trust land in New Mexico.
July 14, 2015
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma has asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to overturn a National Indian Gaming Commission order from May reaffirming that the tribe was illegally conducting gaming on trust land in New Mexico, arguing that the land is the tribe's restored ancestral home.