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Mohegan backs Connecticut crackdown on prediction markets threatening tribal gaming exclusivity

15 February 2026 Brian Edwards
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is backing Connecticut's efforts to stop prediction market operators from offering what tribal officials call illegal sports betting that violates the tribe's exclusive gaming rights in the state.

Higher bond issuance costs push tribes toward private capital, study finds

08 Feb
Tribal governments face higher costs than state and local governments when issuing bonds in public markets, according to new research from the Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal...

Washoe Tribe secures 10,274 acres in Sierra Nevada homelands

February 15
The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California acquired 10,274 acres in what tribal leaders say is a significant step toward healing historical displacement.

House passes bipartisan housing bill with tribal planning pilot

February 15
The House passed the Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bipartisan package aimed at boosting housing production nationwide and easing development barriers, including a new U.S. Department of...

Survey of Native Nations webinar shows how tribes can use financial data to strengthen economic planning

February 15
The Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis will host a March 3 webinar aimed at increasing tribal participation in the Survey of Native Nations, a national...

Former federal officials launch firm to advise tribes on policy, land stewardship

Andrea Delgado and Onna LeBeau met through a mutual friend who thought they should know each other. The connection stuck — first over a planned camping trip in Colorado that got too cold, then a...
 

People on the move in Indian Country

Economic Development
Indian Country saw significant leadership movement in February, with appointments spanning tribal government, legal practice, cultural institutions and economic development.

IN SERVICE | Ho-Chunk attorney Samantha Skenandore on tribal law and sovereignty

Indigenous Entrepreneurs
Samantha Skenandore once planned to be a veterinarian. Today, she is a founding partner at Madison, Wisc.-based Skenandore Wilson LLP, specializing in tribal law and governance.

PODCAST: Tribal economies and sovereignty with Robert J. Miller

Finance
Talking with Robert J. Miller is a reminder of how much of American economic history has been misremembered — or deliberately forgotten. The attorney, author and law professor, who is a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, joined the first episode of Difference Makers 3.0 to help set the foundation for the season: Native communities did not begin on the margins of the economy. They were building, trading, governing and sustaining complex economies long before modern banks or federal policy existed.

Tribal gaming exclusivity faces 'existential threat' as prediction markets expand

Gaming
A fast-growing class of online prediction markets is colliding with tribal gaming sovereignty, raising alarms in Indian Country over what a recent Brookings Institution report by legal scholar Patrice Kunesh calls an “existential threat” to American Indian gaming.

Appeals court overturns White Earth member's cannabis conviction in sovereignty ruling

Food | Agriculture
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned the cannabis-possession conviction of Todd Jeremy Thompson, a White Earth Band of Ojibwe member, ruling that Minnesota lacked jurisdiction to charge him for conduct on the White Earth Reservation.

22nd State of the Tribes address set for Feb. 10 at Wisconsin Capitol

Sovereignty
Wisconsin tribal leaders will gather at the state Capitol in Madison on Feb. 10 for the 22nd annual State of the Tribes address, one of the few formal moments each year when tribal governments speak directly to state lawmakers from the Assembly floor.

IN SERVICE | Kayla Palmer chose construction over law to serve her tribe sooner

Real Estate
At just 18 years old, Kayla Palmer survived a car accident that left her with medical injuries doctors said would prevent her from ever having a career.

ASRC Federal wins Defense Logistics Agency supply chain contract with $2.3B ceiling

Native Contracting
ASRC Federal, an Alaska Native–owned government contractor, said it has won a contract valued at up to $2.3 billion from the Defense Logistics Agency to manage the U.S. military’s global supply chain for chemicals and packaged petroleum oils and lubricants.

Blackfeet filmmakers win Frank Blythe Award for buffalo documentary

Arts and Culture
Blackfeet filmmakers Ivan and Ivy MacDonald won the Frank Blythe Award from Vision Maker Media for their documentary Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya, which chronicles efforts to return wild bison to the Blackfeet reservation in Montana.

Harvard Project names new senior program director

Higher Education
The Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development has appointed Amy Besaw Medford as senior program director, marking her return to an organization where she has worked for nearly two decades.

South Dakota Native Tourism Alliance wins $175,000 to build tribal-controlled tourism economy

Tourism
A coalition of South Dakota's nine tribal nations will use a $175,000 prize to train Native youth and develop tourism businesses that keep revenue in Indian Country rather than flowing to outside operators.

Warm Springs tribes receive $1M state grant for solar and battery systems at tribal housing sites

Energy | Environment
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon has been awarded $1 million from the Oregon Department of Energy to install solar and battery energy storage systems at tribal housing and community facilities on the reservation.

Cherokee Nation proposes $30M partnership with University of Oklahoma for nursing school

Health Care
Cherokee Nation is pursuing a $30 million partnership with the University of Oklahoma to establish a satellite nursing campus in Tahlequah, Okla., as part of a broader effort to address healthcare workforce shortages in the region.

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