Arizona tribe keeps gaming money in Indian hands

Thursday, July 15, 2004  

The Yavapai-Apache Nation of Arizona is loaning $30 million to the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueño Indians for a casino.

Yavapai-Apache officials say the loan is an effort to keep tribal money within Indian Country. "We like to do business Indian-to-Indian," Fred Sanchez, president of Yavapai-Apache Gaming and vice chairman of the tribe's council, told The San Diego Union-Tribune.

The Yavapai-Apache Nation helped the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians open a casino. The tribe also co-signed a casino loan for the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw in Oregon.

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Ariz. Indians help local tribe with funding for casino (The San Diego Union Tribune 7/15)