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Tribe fails to change gaming law13 August 2007CALIFORNIA -- As reported by the San Bernardino County Sun: "The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians failed to win support last week at a legislative conference in its effort to change U.S. law governing Indian casinos. "Jacob Coin, tribal spokesman, cut short his attempt to win support at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Boston for a change in the law that would bar tribes from building off-reservation casinos unless they can prove an ancestral tie to the land where the casino is to be built. "...San Manuel is opposed to the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians of northeastern San Diego County and the Big Lagoon Rancheria tribe of Humboldt County building a casino in Barstow, near the outlet malls because, according to Coin, the tribes do not hold ancestral ties to the land. "The Chemehuevis along the Colorado River also want to build a casino in Barstow. The Chemehuevis have ancestral ties to Barstow..." |