Officials want BIA to end Spokane off-reservation casino deal

Two local officials are asking the Bureau of Indian Affairs to overturn a deal affecting the Spokane Tribe off-reservation casino project.

The 2010 agreement bars Spokane County from taking a public position on the casino. Two county commissioners say the provision is illegal and they are asking new Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn to review the deal.

The BIA has published a draft environmental impact statement on the tribe's West Plains Mixed-Use Development project.

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French, Mielke ask to reverse casino deal (The Spokesman Review 11/2)

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