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Under the direction of the Chief Legal Counsel and Tribal Attorney, the incumbent provides professional and administrative support to the Chief Legal Counsel and the Staff Attorney.
Huron Nottawseppi Band of Potawatomi Indians
Job Posting for Associate Judge Position at Nottawaseppi Huron
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Saginaw Chippewa and Nottawaseppi Huron Potawatomi Chairs Op/Ed on Lansing Casino
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Second Update in Michigan’s Suit against Proposed Sault Tribe Lansing Casino
Here are the new materials in State of Michigan v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (W.D. Mich.):
Michigan Reply in Support of Motion for PI
Michigan Response to SSM Motion to Dismiss
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians filings:
2012-12-21 Amicus Brief with Exs.
2012-12-21 Memorandum in supportof Motion to file an amicus brief
2012-12-21 Motion to file an amicus brief
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe filings:
Previous materials are here (complaint and motion for PI) and here (Sault Tribe’s responsive pleadings).
Laura Spurr Obituary
From the Battle Creek Inquirer:
Laura Spurr wore many hats in her 64 years of life: nurse, health official, fundraiser and tribal chairwoman for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi.
Spurr died Friday from a heart attack suffered while she was in Temecula, Calif., according to a statement released by her family. She was there to speak at the Pechanga Resort & Casino about what she is probably best known for publicly in the Battle Creek area: the FireKeepers Casino, a project Spurr and the tribe pursued for nearly a decade.
The casino was one of Spurr’s many projects she pursued throughout her life. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1967 with a degree in nursing, she found herself working in the health field in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago and Grosse Pointe.
Spurr also obtained a master’s degree from Chicago’s DePaul University with a double major in nursing administration and education.
In Washington, she was active in several organizations, such as the Personnel Committee for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington and the Committee of the League of Women Voters.
Health continued to be an issue for Spurr, who served as the Chair of the Education Committee and the Health Committee at the tribe’s Pine Creek reservation. Continue reading
NHBPI Pays Nearly $2M in Revenue Sharing to Local Governments
Wow.
From the B.C. Enquirer (via Pechanga):
Besides its Aug. 5 opening, Friday was arguably the most important date in FireKeepers Casino’s short history, because the community got its share of the profits.
The Tribal Council of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, FireKeepers’ owners, on Friday morning presented a check for $1,933,683.41 to the FireKeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board. That money will reimburse local governments for increased costs attributable to the Emmett Township casino or the tribe’s Pine Creek Reservation in Athens Township, and also for revenue lost because tribal land is untaxable.
The money represents 2 percent of the casino’s slot revenue from its Aug. 5 opening to the Dec. 31 close of its fiscal year. The tribe is required to pay that money to local governments through a compact with the state.
The money is more than double what the tribe expected to pay the LRSB.
“We thought for a year we would be presenting $2 million,” said Laura Spurr, Tribal Council chairwoman. “This is for five months.”
“This money is to help us better the entire community,” said Mike Rae, the Calhoun County board chairman who on Friday was elected chairman of the LRSB. He spoke to the board via speakerphone from Florida. Continue reading
NIGC Approves Huron Nottawaseppi Management Contract
From the NIGC:
NIGC Approves Nottawaseppi Hurron Band of Potawatomi Management Contract
Washington DC, December 17, 2007 — On Friday, December 14, 2008, National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) Chairman Phil Hogen approved a gaming management contract between the Hurron Band of Potawatomi Indians and Gaming Entertainment (Michigan) LLC.
Huron Nottawaseppi Casino News
From the Citizen Patriot:
Marshall casino moving forward
Leaders of the of Potawatomi Indians announced Monday a Lansing contractor will build its $270 million casino in Calhoun County.
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