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19 April 2026 Chez Oxendine
A push by federal regulators to classify sports betting as a financial product is drawing sharp opposition from tribes, who say it could undermine tribal gaming compacts and redirect billions in revenue.
19 Apr
The Office of Management and Budget has cleared $289 million in fiscal year 2025 funding for the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, including $28 million for the...
April 19
In early April, Desiree Hagen took over as acting general manager of Alaska-based KOTZ Radio — a station that nearly shut down months earlier after losing a major share of its funding.
April 19
The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians won city approval for a temporary gaming facility in its long-running effort to bring gaming to Vallejo, Calif., even as its larger casino project remains...
April 18
A pre‑dawn fire tore through a central training building at the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center on April 10, causing extensive damage and forcing the nonprofit to suspend its in‑person solar...
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians has refinanced existing debt through a $350 million senior secured credit facility, consolidating prior obligations tied to its gaming and enterprise operations.
 
The Osage Nation secured a $17.5 million federal broadband award, pushing its total broadband infrastructure investment to more than $72 million as the tribe continues expanding high‑speed internet across the reservation.
Alaska Growth Capital is expanding support for Indigenous entrepreneurs across rural Alaska through its Alaska Marketplace Business Plan Competition, a program aimed at building business capacity in remote communities.
A federal judge has awarded $1.27 million to a Native community development financial institution (CDFI) in a fraud case tied to a failed tribal energy venture, finding that key representations used to secure a $1.5 million loan were false.
Four Maine tribes have intervened to defend the state’s new internet gaming law, aiming to preserve a new revenue stream.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to terminate previously awarded land-access grants is disrupting plans by tribal and Native-serving organizations tied to land, capital and infrastructure.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Chinook Indian Nation’s petition on whether federal courts can recognize Indian tribes.
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians closed on the purchase of the former Northwestern Michigan College Boardman Lake Campus in Traverse City, Mich., securing a central government administrative hub for its six‑county service area.
Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), an Alaska Native corporation, has launched OSC Technical Solutions as a standalone operating company focused on federal IT, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure services.
The Sundance Institute selected four filmmakers for its 2026 Native Lab, a development program supporting Indigenous storytellers working on feature and episodic projects.
Red Lake Nation College will deploy a $7 million unrestricted gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to establish a permanent endowment aimed at long-term financial stability, college leaders said.
Gilbert, Ariz.-based Laguna Creek LLC has raised $6.3 million in a Series A round led by Tempe-based Dali Capital Partners to expand its software platform for tribal hospitality and tourism businesses, the company said.
A coalition that includes the Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the Narragansett Indian Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn approvals for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project, arguing that regulators advanced the development without complying with key environmental and historic preservation laws.