Lawmakers in the Arizona House are trying to revive a bill that seeks to prevent the Tohono O'odham Nation from pursuing an off-reservation casino.
The House passed HB2297
in late March. But the president of the Arizona Senate said he wouldn't hold hearings on the bill.
To get around the roadblock, House lawmakers are attaching HR2279 to a bill that already passed the Senate. A hearing was held yesterday.
HR2279 allows any municipality to annex tribal-owned fee land without tribal consent. The Tohono O'odham Nation and the National Congress of American Indians have criticized the bill.
The tribe plans to use 135 acres of unincorporated land near the city of Glendale for the
$500 million West
Valley Resort.
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Lawmaker halts bill that targeted Tohono
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Casino foes seek to steal Tohono O'odham land (3/24)
Tohono O'odham Nation sues over
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Tohono O'odham Nation slams bill targeting
casino bid (3/18)
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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
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Tohono O'odham Nation won't drop
off-reservation bid (1/20)
Casino Stalker | Legislation
Bill against Tohono O'odham Nation casino back on agenda
Thursday, April 8, 2010
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