News Coverage of Paving Over of Sacred Site with Tribal Approval

Here.

An excerpt:

The American Indian leaders ultimately decided how the findings would be handled, and they defended their decision to remove and rebury the human remains and burial artifacts.

“The philosophy of the tribe in general is that we would like to protect our cultural resources and leave them as is,” said Nick Tipon, a longtime member of the Sacred Sites Protection Committee of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. “The notion that these cultural artifacts belong to the public is a colonial view.”

Interior Issues Two New Gaming Decisions

Here is the decision declining to act on the Class III compact between Graton Rancheria and the State of California:

State Graton 13 July 2012

Here is the decision opining on aspects of the compact negotiations between the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the State of Arizona:

PascuaYaqui 6 15 12 ltr

Ninth Circuit Rejects CEQA Claims of Anti-Tribal Casino Group

Here is the unpublished opinion in Rohnert Part Citizens to Enforce CEQA v. U.S. Dept. of Transportation.

The tribe at issue is the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. News coverage of this case here, via Pechanga.

Ninth Circuit Holds that Challengers to Graton Rancheria Casino Have No Standing

Here is the unpublished opinion in Stop the Casino 101 Coalition v. Salazar.

News coverage here, via Pechanga.

District Court Dismisses Challenge to Graton Rancheria Casino

Indianz’ report is here. Here are the materials in Stop the Casino 101 Coalition v. Salazar (N.D. Cal.):

stop-the-casino-dct-order

salazar-motion-to-dismiss

graton-rancheria-motion-to-dismiss