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St. Regis Mohawk Tribe News
Empire Resorts, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe enlist arbitrator
18 Feb 2008
News Brief: Empire Resorts and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe have enlisted a third-party arbitrator.
Empire Resorts, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe split gets messy
15 Feb 2008
News Brief: The breakup of the agreement between Empire Resorts and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe to build a gaming casino resort at Monticello Raceway is turning into a ‘he said, she said’ situation of sorts.
Empire Resorts supports St. Regis Mohawk project
8 Feb 2008
Empire Resorts, Inc. is aware of a press release issued by the Tribe on February 5, 2008 and wishes to confirm that it has not abandoned the St. Regis Mohawk casino project in Monticello and has no intention of doing so.
Empire Resorts abandons Mohawk's Catskills project
7 Feb 2008
Empire Resorts, the
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's Sullivan County casino development partner has
notified the Tribe of its intention to abandon the Mohawk's Catskills
casino project at Monticello Raceway.
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe sues officials
11 Jan 2008
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has filed a lawsuit against three federal officials for unlawfully rejecting the Tribe’s application to place approximately 29 acres of land in Sullivan County in trust for the Tribe.
St. Regis Mohawk tribe denied application
7 Jan 2008
The St. Regis Mohawk’s Tribe, received a letter from the Department of the Interior denying the Tribe’s application to place 29.31 acres at the Monticello raceway into trust for the purposes of building a casino.
Tribe may benefit from payout
3 Dec 2007
News Brief: The St. Regis Mohawk tribe stands a chance of becoming very wealthy from a Catskills casino it never built.
St. Regis Mohawk, Spitzer request meeting
7 Aug 2007
The St. Regis Mohawk
Tribe and Governor Spitzer have formally requested a meeting with
Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne to discuss the Tribe's completed
application to take 29.31 acres of land into trust for its proposed
Catskills casino project.
Lawsuit against Harrah's restarted
23 Jul 2007
News Brief: The St. Regis Mohawks and a trust representing some major shareholders in Empire Resorts recently restarted a federal lawsuit attempting to bag $3 billion from the casino giant Harrah's.
New York tribe seeks $3 billion from Harrah's Entertainment
20 Jul 2007
A Delaware-based trust is seeking to collect nearly $3 billion in tribal court judgments and interest from Harrah's Entertainment resulting from a default judgment awarded to members of the St. Regis Mohawk tribe six years ago.
St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court confirms post-trial interest
17 Jul 2007
The Catskill Litigation Trust announced today that the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court has confirmed that over $1 billion of post judgment interest has accumulated on a Default Judgment Order that the Trust is seeking to enforce against Park Place Entertainment Corporation and Clive Cummis, its former General Counsel.
Farm bureau drops out of lawsuit
22 May 2007
The Sullivan County Farm Bureau has decided to drop out of lawsuit against the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and Empire Resorts Casino at Monticello Raceway project.
Tribe, Empire Resorts join Monticello defense
23 Apr 2007
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and Empire Resorts, Inc. were granted full rights as an equal party to the federal government to assist in defense of the environmental review for the St. Regis Mohawk tribe's Monticello Raceway casino project in Sullivan County.
Empire Resorts, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe explore green potential
16 Apr 2007
Empire Resorts, Inc. and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe today are exploring ways of making the proposed St. Regis Mohawk Casino at Monticello Raceway in Sullivan County the first such facility in the Northeast to be approved by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design organization.
New York tribal casino deal reached
19 Feb 2007
News Brief: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and the St. Regis Mohawks have reached a deal to bring a $600 million Indian casino to Monticello Gaming and Raceway.
St. Regis Mohawk Council Responds to House Vote
14 Sep 2006
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council releases a statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reject a bill to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to restrict off reservation Indian gaming.
Mohawk Enviromental Assessment Submitted
5 Jul 2006
Empire Resorts, Inc. reports that its partner, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, has submitted the requested information and a modified Environmental Assessment to the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs.
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Reaches Accord with Sullivan County
16 Jun 2006
The Sullivan County Legislature has passed a resolution approving a local mitigation agreement between the County and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in regards to a casino at Monticello Raceway.
Empire Resorts Provides Update to BIA Environmental Review
8 Feb 2006
Empire Resorts reports that the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and the company met with officials from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Mohawks Revive Catskills Casino Proposal
1 Sep 2005
News Brief: In what supporters see as a last-ditch attempt to bring an Indian casino to the Catskills, the St. Regis Mohawks and a gambling company are reviving plans to build a $500 million Las Vegas-style gambling operation at the Monticello racetrack.
Mohawks Favored to Win Casino
18 Apr 2005
ews Brief: The St. Regis Mohawk Indian tribe is now the odds-on favorite to get the first and likely only Catskills casino, according to Albany's top Democrat.
New York to Conduct Tribal Casino Hearings
10 Feb 2005
News Brief: The New York Senate will conduct hearings on Governor George Pataki's plan to allow five tribes to settle land claims and build casinos in the Catskills.
Governor Pataki Introduces Land Claims Bill
4 Feb 2005
News Brief: Governor George Pataki has introduced a bill to end most American Indian land claims against the state and allow five tribal casinos in the Catskills.
Caesars Says Tribe Settled Land Claim with New York
2 Feb 2005
Caesars Entertainment Inc., the world's largest casino company, said an American Indian tribe with which it's developing a New York casino settled a 22-year-old land claim with the state, removing a hurdle to building the property.
Mohawks to Sign Land Claim Settlement
31 Jan 2005
News Brief: The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and Gov. George Pataki will sign a formal land claim settlement as early as Tuesday, making the tribe $100 million wealthier and moving it closer to creating a casino in the Catskills.
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