St. Regis Mohawk voters support off-reservation casino

Monday, February 1, 2010  

Members of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York voted 538-371 in favor of an off-reservation casino in the Catskills.

The tribe held a referendum on Saturday to ask members about the project. A prior vote had gone against the casino but those results were nullified due to lack of public notice.

The tribe said it remains hopeful the Obama administration will rescind a policy at the Interior Department that makes it nearly impossible for tribes to acquire land away from existing reservations. The Catskills site is about 300 miles from the Mohawk reservation.

Get the Story:
St. Regis Mohawks OK Catskills casino push (The Middletown Times Herald-Record 2/1)
Green light for casino plan (The Cornwall Standard-Freeholder 2/1)
Tribe approvals Catskills gaming project (The Mid-Hudson News Network 1/31)
Voters approve pursuit of Catskills casino (The Plattsburg Press-Republican 1/31)
St. Regis residents head back to polls on referendum (The Cornwall Standard-Freeholder 1/30)