February 13, 2023
A federal judge in Boston has advanced plans for a $1 billion tribe-owned casino, ruling that the U.S. Department of the Interior acted legally in taking into trust 321 acres in southeastern Massachusetts where the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe plans to build a sprawling resort complex.
September 13, 2022
Some Massachusetts residents maintain that the federal government illegally acquired land in their city for a Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe casino development, slamming the U.S. Department of the Interior for an "unprecedented manipulation" of its 2014 legal record detailing that authority.
September 06, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe have each urged a Massachusetts federal judge to grant them a quick win against a challenge to a trust land acquisition for a tribal casino project, saying the department properly obeyed a court order when it decided to approve the acquisition.
August 02, 2022
A Massachusetts city's residents, seeking a quick win in their challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to take land into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's proposed casino project, told a federal court the December move was "transparently political."