September 09, 2016
A federal court's recent rejection of a challenge to a casino the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians plans to build in Northern California endorsed both the U.S. Department of the Interior's approach to taking land into trust for gambling projects and a broad interpretation of a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2009. Here are four key takeaways from the DOI and North Fork tribe's win.
April 23, 2015
The U.S. Department of the Interior urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to find valid two Bureau of Indian Affairs decisions allowing the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians' casino project in California to proceed, arguing that a rival tribe hadn't shown the government couldn't take land for the project into trust.
March 17, 2015
The Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians asked a D.C. federal judge Monday to set aside two Bureau of Indian Affairs decisions allowing another tribe's casino project to go forward, arguing that the rival tribe's gaming agreement with the state was never made valid.