SEARCH NEWS:

 

Federal ruling boosts Miwok casino plans

CALIFORNIA – As reported by the Amador Ledger Dispatch: "Property in and around Plymouth has been deemed "Indian lands" in a recent letter from Carl Artman, associate solicitor for the Division of Indian Affairs within the United States Department of the Interior.

"The Sept. 19 memorandum, which recognizes the parcel as restored lands for the restored Ione Band of Miwok Indians tribe, has left many Plymouth residents reeling.

"The band submitted a request two years ago to the National Indian Gaming Commission for an opinion as to whether or not the land in question qualified as 'Indian lands' as defined by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. In the letter Artman stated, 'We believe that the lands that are the subject of the fee-to-trust application would qualify as 'Indian lands' within the meaning of the IGRA on which the band could conduct gaming if the lands were acquired in trust by the Department of the Interior.'

"…The city of Plymouth does not agree with Artman's conclusions…"

< Gaming News