The City Sentinel Staff Report The Comanche Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribe released on Wednesday (May 13) a legal memo emphasizing the legality of their compacts in light of the recent opinion from Attorney General Mike Hunter. In the letter, which was sent to Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, both tribal Chairmen state they […]
The City Sentinel Editorial In January, Governor Kevin Stitt began to focus on “the upcoming termination of the Tribal-State Gaming Compacts.” In a recent letter to leaders of the state’s Indian Nations, Stitt said, “[T]here has been no governmental action … or court order authorizing electronic gaming in the State, since the effective date of […]
Patrick B. McGuigan Oklahoma City – In the nation’s capital, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, is close to achieving his greatest triumph. If he pulls it off, it will be great for the tribe to which he belongs (the Chickasaw Nation), in particular, and beneficial to other large tribes, in general. For decades, those […]
