A bill that aimed to prevent the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona from pursuing an off-reservation casino appears dead for now.
Chairman Ned Norris Jr. acknowledged Arizona Senate President Bob
Burns (R) for killing HB2297.
Norris said opposition to the bill, which would have allowed any municipality to annex tribal-owned fee land without tribal consent, was growing in Indian Country.
The tribe plans to use 135 acres of unincorporated land near Glendale for the $500 million West
Valley Resort. The tribe's land-into-trust application has languished at the Bureau of Indian Affairs for nearly a year.
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Anti-casino plan stalls in Senate
(The Arizona Republic 3/30)
Senate dashes bill to block west-side casino (The Phoenix Business Journal 3/29)
Earlier Stories:
Lawmaker halts bill that targeted Tohono
O'odham casino (3/29)
Editorial: Casino
foes seek to steal Tohono O'odham land (3/24)
Tohono O'odham Nation sues over
off-reservation casino (3/23)
Tohono O'odham Nation slams bill targeting
casino bid (3/18)
Vote planned
on bill targeting Tohono O'odham casino (3/16)
Tohono O'odham Nation loses ruling in
gaming site case (3/12)
NCAI
joins Tohono O'odham off-reservation casino fight (3/9)
Tohono O'odham off-reservation casino bid
still at BIA (3/8)
Bill affects
Tohono O'odham off-reservation casino bid (2/26)
Bill targets Tohono O'odham off-reservation
casino bid (2/3)
Tohono O'odham
Nation 'more committed' to casino (1/28)
Sen. Kyl voices opposition to Tohono
O'odham casino (1/27)
McCain
joins opposition to off-reservation casino bid (1/21)
Tohono O'odham Nation won't drop
off-reservation bid (1/20)
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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