NIGC subpoenas documents from Seneca Nation

Friday, March 9, 2007  

The National Indian Gaming Commission has issued a subpoena to the Seneca Nation of New York as part of an investigation into the tribe's per capita payments.

Each tribal member received about $6,000 this year and $4,500 last year. But the tribe doesn't appear to have an approved revenue allocation plan.

Joseph M. Valandra, chief of staff for NIGC, told The Buffalo News that the tribe has refused to hand over documents. “I would say they are not being very cooperative, and as of yesterday, the commission issued a subpoena to get the documents we need to complete our investigation, or at least to further our investigation,” Valandra told the paper.

The tribe says a revenue allocation plan isn't required because the payments from the tribe's land claim settlement, not from gaming revenues.

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