"If anyone can predict what's going to happen next in the confusing, acrimonious debate surrounding a proposed Indian casino in Broken Arrow, please step forward.

More than 1,300 people, most of them knuckle-popping mad, turned out to voice opposition Thursday night to the proposed Kialegee Tribal Town casino on Muscogee (Creek) National allotted land that is owned by two sisters at the southwest corner of Olive Avenue (129th East Avenue) and Florence Street (111th Street).

U.S. Rep. John Sullivan hosted the town-hall-style gathering that included elected officials, school leaders and ministers. Most of those Broken Arrow residents attending do not want the casino in their backyard or near their churches or schools for a long list of reasons.

When it comes to getting definitive answers about the rights of dependent sovereign nations - Indian tribes - nothing is ever simple. Overlay that confusion with complicated legal questions about the rights of tribes or individual tribal members to build and operate Indian gaming casinos and frustration and suspicion grows among many, if not most, members of the nontribal public."

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