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Casino Stalker
Anti-casino group challenges tribal chair's ancestry
Thursday, February 11, 2010
A group called the
Stop the Casino 101 Coalition
says the leader of the
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
is not Indian.
The group claims
Greg Sarris
, who turns 58 this week, is of Caucasian, Filipino and other ancestry. A
letter
to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs
seeks his removal as chairman.
"For them to go after me, that’s a way of delegitimizing the tribe, that’s what it’s all about,” Sarris told The Capitol Weekly. “I’m an easy target for them, or so they think.”
The tribe was
federally recognized in 2000
by an act of Congress and is pursuing a
casino
in Rohnert Park.
Get the Story:
Anti-casino group says leader of rival tribe not Indian
(Capitol Weekly 2/11)
Mayors to consider countywide casino vote
(The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat 2/11)
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