by Associated Press Published: October 4,2011
Tags: elections, indian, Native Americans
CHOCTAW — Phyliss Anderson has been officially sworn in as the first female chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The event took place today at the Tribal Council Hall at the reservation in Neshoba County. After an inaugural parade, Anderson was to repeat the oath in a ceremony inside The Arena at Golden Moon Casino. In [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 29,2011
Tags: aerospace, defense, indians, military, Native Americans
PHILADELPHIA — Applied Geo Technologies on the Choctaw Indian Reservation could close in November. The Tribal-owned provider of aerospace and defense services employs 110. Tribal Chief-Elect Phyliss Anderson tells The Neshoba Democrat she was aware of the 60-day notification but had no part in the decision that was made by the board of directors of the Choctaw [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 7,2011
Tags: chief, elections, indians, Native Americans, Politics
CHOCTAW — Phyliss J. Anderson has unseated incumbent Beasley Denson to win the race for Choctaw Tribal Chief In complete, but unofficial returns from yesterday’s election, Anderson polled 2,011 votes, or 56 percent, to win over Denson, who had 1,523 votes, and Shirley Martin Berg who tallied 63 votes. Choctaw Election Committee chairman Berdie John says 241 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 6,2011
Tags: casinos, gambling, gaming, hotels, indians, lodging, Native Americans, profits, restaurants, tourism
CHOCTAW — Pending final approval by the Choctaw Tribal Council, Pearl River Resort and Casino’s new budget anticipates net profits will increase from a projected $83.3 million to $100.4 million next fiscal year. The FY 2012 budget, which was just recently approved by the Pearl River Resort Board, will be presented to the full Tribal Council [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 31,2011
Tags: auditors, audits, casinos, financial management, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotels, indians, lodging, meetings and conventions. tourism, Native Americans, restaurants
CHOCTAW — Pearl River Resort and Casino, owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has hired a new independent auditor. BDO USA, a century-old professional services firm providing tax, financial advisory and consulting services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies, will assume the external auditing duties previously performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 15,2011
Tags: casinos, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotels, indians, lodging, Native Americans, restaurants, tourism
CHOCTAW — Price Waterhouse Coopers has quit as outside auditor for the casinos run by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The Clarion Ledger reported that the firm would not say why, citing policy on client matters. The firm’s decision came at the same time FBI agents subpoenaed records from Beasley Denson, the tribe’s chief, who has [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 29,2011
Tags: election, Native Americans
CHOCTAW — Phyliss J. Anderson will officially kickoff her second campaign for chief of Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians with an announcement Aug. 1. Anderson and incumbent Chief Beasley Denson will be on the Sept. 6 ballot. Anderson had defeated Denson in a July 5 runoff. However, the Tribal Council, citing voting irregularities, threw out the results [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 18,2011
Tags: casinos, federal government, gambling, gaming, lawsuit, Native Americans, raid
CHOCTAW — The chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians says he’s confident in tribal casinos’ management and has told casino officials to cooperate fully with the FBI. A statement from Bradley Denson says the nature of the investigation is still unclear. The Hattiesburg American reports that his statement July 15 says he is concerned about [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 13,2011
Tags: casinos, federal government, gambling, gaming, hotels, law enforcement, lodging, Native Americans, restaurants, tourism
CHOCTAW — One day after the FBI served a search warrant on the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, no one is talking. The Choctaws are as tight-lipped as the FBI about what occurred yesterday at the Golden Moon and Silver Star casinos in Neshoba County. The casinos did not close, Paul Harvey, the chief executive officer of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 13,2011
Tags: casinos, federal government, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotels, law enforcement, lodging, Native Americans, restaurants, tourism
CHOCTAW — The FBI conducted a search yesterday at the Pearl River Resorts run by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Neshoba County. Neither the FBI nor the tribe would say what the FBI was looking for. The resort, which includes the Silver Star and Golden Moon casinos, did not close, Paul Harvey, the chief executive [...] [...]
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