Five Civilized Tribes Urge Federal Curbs on Prediction Markets, Back 2026 Farm Bill Priorities
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Updated · News On 6 · Jul 14
Five Civilized Tribes Urge Federal Curbs on Prediction Markets, Back 2026 Farm Bill Priorities
1 articles · Updated · News On 6 · Jul 14
Summary
The Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes passed resolutions pressing Congress and federal regulators to subject prediction markets and event contracts to existing tribal, federal and state gaming laws.
Kalshi and Polymarket were cited as platforms that could bypass tribal-state gaming compacts and erode tribal sovereignty if they keep operating outside established gaming regulation.
The council also asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to write tribal priorities into the 2026 farm bill, including stronger food sovereignty, better USDA access and support for tribal self-governance.
Other resolutions backed the SBA 8(a) program, current tribal transportation funding formulas and Mark Cruz for Indian Health Service director, while leaders honored Chickasaw Governor Emeritus Bill Anoatubby for decades of sovereignty work.