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Minnesota Tribe Rejects Casino Proposal

MINNESOTA – As reported by the St. Paul's Pioneer Press: "Gov. Tim Pawlenty's state-tribal casino partnership is down to a single tribe.

"On Monday, the tribal council of the Red Lake Chippewa voted unanimously against joining the Minnesota Lottery and the owners of Canterbury Park racetrack in Pawlenty's latest gambling plan, which calls for two casinos to be built at the track in Shakopee.

"The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, which said April 18 that it wanted no part of a gambling deal that would allow a non-Indian business — Canterbury — to operate a casino, reaffirmed that decision Monday.

"But the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, the third American Indian tribe that Pawlenty has been negotiating with, is willing to go forward and seek legislative approval for the two-casino gambling package at Canterbury, a tribal official said.

"Pawlenty also is committed to pursuing the two-casino plan with White Earth and Canterbury, according to Brian McClung, a spokesman for the governor.

"…White Earth's executive director, Ron Valiant, said the White Earth tribal council agreed Monday to continue working with Pawlenty to pursue passage of the two-casino proposal, even without the other two tribes…"

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