off-reservation gaming

Bay Mills Indian Community Reply Briefs in Vanderbilt Casino Sixth Circuit Appeal

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Here:

BMIC Reply

BMIC Motion to Strike Appellee Briefs

Appellee Briefs in State of Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community (CA6)

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Here:

LTBB Appellee Brief

State of Michigan Appellee Brief

 

Here is a pic of the now-shuttered BMIC Vanderbilt Casino:

And some lovely intertribal rhetoric:

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Update in Wyandotte Nation v. Salazar

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

The government has moved to change venue and the State of Kansas has moved to intervene:

Salazar Motion to Transfer Venue

Kansas Motion to Intervene

Opening Brief in Bay Mills Appeal to the Sixth Circuit re: Vanderbilt Casino

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Here:

BMIC Opening Brief in CA6 Appeal

Opening Ninth Circuit Briefs in Gila River Indian Community v. United States (Tohono O’odham Off-Reservation Gaming)

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Here they are:

City and State Opening Brief

Gila River Opening Brief

Terry and Rios Plaintiffs Opening Brief

Salt River Amicus Brief

Wyandotte Nation v. Salazar: Off-Reservation Gaming Application Complaint

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Here (as reported in Indianz):

Wyandottte Nation v. Salazar Complaint

Sens. McCain and Kyl Introduce Bill to Reinstate the so-called “Artman Guidance”

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Here is the text of S. 1424:

CEL11662.

It’s a bill:

To clarify the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior in making a determination whether to take off-reservation land into trust for gaming purposes.

The crux of the bill is the “reasonable commuting standard.”

NYTs Coverage of Interior Shift on Off-Reservation Casinos

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

An excerpt:

Rescinding a Bush-era rule, the Interior Department said Tuesday that it would consider allowing Indian tribes to build casinos far from their reservations, raising the possibility that new gambling resorts could be built close to New York and elsewhere around the country.

The rule, adopted in January 2008, said that tribes could not open casinos beyond commuting distance from their reservations, and led to the rejection of at least 22 applications, including one by the St. Regis Mohawk tribe, which wanted to build a casino 350 miles from its reservation and 90 miles northwest of New York City.

Another tribe seeking to build a casino near New York, the Stockbridge-Munsee, sued the department over the ruling, and New York’s senior senator,Charles E. Schumer, lobbied heavily to have it overturned.

On Tuesday, Larry Echo Hawk, the assistant secretary for Indian affairs at the department, said the rule was being rescinded, adding that it “was unnecessary and was issued without the benefit of tribal consultation.”

Turtle Talk Poll: What Will Be the Impact of Pulling the 2008 Off-Rez Gaming Guidance Memo?

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As Indianz reported, ASIA Larry Echo-Hawk has pulled the much-maligned 2008 guidance memo on off-reservation gaming. What impact will that decision have?

You may click on more than one. Clicking means you think “yes.” Not clicking means you think “no.”

Bay Mills Seeks Stay of Vanderbilt Casino Shut-Down Order

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Here:

BMIC Motion for Stay

BMIC Brief in Support of Motion for Stay