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Gov. Brown Concurs in Two 2-Part Determinations

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Governor Brown Concurs with U.S. Department of the Interior Decision, Signs Compact with North Fork Rancheria http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17700
Governor Brown Concurs with U.S. Department of the Interior Decision, Signs Compact with Enterprise Rancheria http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17699

Cherokee Nation Challenge to United Keetoowah Band Trust Acquisition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher4 Comments

Here:

Cherokee v Salazar Complaint

2012 ILPC Annual Conference–Off Reservation Gaming in Michigan

Kate Fort

October 19th, at the Law College in East Lansing.

Registration here.

Schedule & additional details here.


Poster by Ken Akini, ILPC Fellow.

Beadwork by Mary Hemenway, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

Article on Pokagon Band’s Development in Northern Indiana

Kate Fort

Here.

The plan submitted to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs also proposes a casino, hotel, meeting space and parking garage, although Pokagon Band chairman Matt Wesaw said the tribe’s focus was on providing services for about 500 members living in the area.

“There’s no time frame for the casino yet. It’s not really on the burner,” Wesaw told the South Bend Tribune for a story Wednesday.

The tribe opened its Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Mich., about 30 miles from South Bend, five years ago. It has since opened a smaller satellite casino in Hartford, Mich., and is preparing to open another in Dowagiac, Mich.

“We’ve accomplished a fair amount of stuff for our citizens who live in the state of Michigan,” Wesaw told WNDU-TV. “It is now time to be in a position to provide those services for our citizens who live in the service area in Indiana.”

Update in Clark County v. Salazar — DCT Denies Remand to Interior

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Clark County v. Salazar (D. D.C.):

Interior Amended Motion for Remand

Clark County Opposition to Remand

Interior Reply

DCT Order Denying Remand

Clark County’s motion for summary J is here.

GTB Press Release on 2% Payments

Kate Fort

Here (pdf).

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Saginaw Chippewa Member Challenge to Adverse U.S. Tax Court Decision

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in Johnson v. CIR:

Johnson Appellant Brief

IRS Brief

Lower court decision here.

Update in Eastern Shawnee v. William Morris Financial

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Judgment in favor of the Tribe for $2,012,800 and constructive trust placed on certain funds wire transferred. Orders denying Motion to vacate and Order compelling compliance with subpoenas.

Here are additional materials:

2012-05-04 Judgment

2012-05-2012 OrderGranting Pltf MTC – Bank of Am

2012-08-03 ORDERdenying Def Reinis Mtn to Vacate

The complaint is here.

Michigan Board of Canvassers Votes Insufficient to Put Casino Proposal on Ballot

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here. back to court.

Here’s a summary of the proposal from the Board staff.

MLive on the Bay Mills Vanderbilt Casino Case & Proposed Lansing Casino

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here.

An excerpt:

Bay Mills has a reservation located on tribal land in the Upper Peninsula’s Chippewa County on the eastern end of Lake Superior.

In 2010, the tribe used earnings from a land settlement trust to purchase 40 acres of land in Vanderbilt, a tiny town just north of Gaylord that’s located more than 100 miles south of the tribe’s main reservation.

The Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act says that land acquired with funds from a land trust “shall be held as Indian lands are held.” So Bay Mills used that language as legal authority to open a small casino in November 2010 in Vanderbilt. Continue reading →