Sentences with phrase «indian gaming commission»

In 2005 and 2006, working closely again with tribal attorneys and outside counsel, we prepared land - into - trust applications with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and management contract filings and declination requests with the National Indian Gaming Commission

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

The National Indian Gaming Commission allows Class 3 gaming, including slot machines, on tribal lands held in federal trust within the terms of compacts between states and independent Indian nations like the Oneidas.

In the 25 years since passage of the Indian Gaming Rights Act, the Oneida nation says, «the Cayugas have never seen fit to enact the casino gaming ordinance required by IGRA or to get approval of it from the National Indian Gaming Commission.»

According to his biography, Washburn has previously served as a federal prosecutor and general counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commission, before entering the academia.

Pat Johnson of the National Indian Gaming Commission says that only 12 of the 585 tribes are making much money.

Not exact matches

Sen. Joe Griffo, who represents the Mohawk Valley where the Oneida Indians own and operate Turning Stone, made the request for the economic study in letters sent to the Department of Labor, the state Gaming Commission and the Empire State Development Corp..

The Oneida Indians are conducting an extensive TV and radio campaign urging the state gaming commission to deny Lago one of three licenses that are due to be rewarded by regulators.

«The Gaming Commission is a public entity making decisions that will profoundly affect this state's economy, and that means the public has a basic right to see how those decisions were made,» the Oneida Indian Nation said in a statement.

The pending vote by the gaming commission comes after a sustained media campaign by the Oneida Indian Nation in an effort to deny the Lago Resort and Casino in Tyre a license.

And so Cuomo's casino - siting commission dutifully announced the placement of three new gambling emporiums — one up in the Finger Lakes, not too close to the Indian casinos to be a bother; another on an a brownfield site along the Mohawk River in Schenectady, and a third in Sullivan County to entice New Yorkers tired of getting their action from the Genting gaming behemoth at Aqueduct race track in Queens.

Practice Areas Tribal Sports & Entertainment Law Business & Real Estate Transactions Education Law Indian Law & Gaming Law & Government Professional Associations Washington State Bar Association Trustee, Indian Law Section Northwest Indian Bar Association Founding Member Washington State Hispanic Bar Association Founding Board Member United Indian All Tribes Foundation Board Member Seattle Indian Services Commission, Commissioner Admitted Washington State United States District Court for Western District of Washington United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District QUANAH M. SPENCER