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Oklahoma Tribe Seeks Gambling Rights in Pennsylvania

OKLAHOMA – As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer: "After failing so far to gain legislative backing to operate slot machines in Pennsylvania, an Oklahoma tribe filed a federal lawsuit today to reclaim 315 acres of ancestral tribal land in Northampton County.

"The lawsuit - which claims the land was unlawfully taken from the Delaware Nation more than 200 years ago - is the first step toward the tribe's goal to secure land rights in Pennsylvania and, therefore, the right to build a casino in the state.

"For much of the last year, Gov. Rendell and the General Assembly had been in negotiations to legalize slot machine gambling in order to raise $1 billion.

"…'Either the Delawares will be part of the legislative solution currently under consideration by the legislature, or else the Delawares will look to the federal courts to help them secure the property that was wrongfully taken from them two centuries ago,' said Stephen A. Cozen, a Philadelphia attorney who represents the Delaware Casino Development and Management L.L.C., a group of investors who have been financing the Indian tribes' casino plan…"

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