Turtle Talk

From Indianz:

The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 27, to discuss the Bush administration’s new land-into-trust policy.

In January, assistant secretary Carl Artman issued guidelines that make it harder for tribes to take land into trust for off-reservation casinos. More scrutiny will be applied to gaming sites that are hundreds of miles away from existing reservations. [See Bryan Newland’s excellent commentary on these new rules here.]

Committee Notice:
Department Of Interior’s Recently Released Guidance On Taking Land Into Trust For Indian Tribes And Its Ramifications (Wednesday, February 27, 2008)

Relevant Links:
House Natural Resources Committee – http://resourcescommittee.house.gov