The Aquinnah
Wampanoag Tribe and the Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe are still trying to intervene in a gaming lawsuit in Massachusetts.
K.G. Urban Enterprises, a non-Indian developer, filed the suit. The company wants to bid on a casino in southeastern Massachusetts, where the two tribes are located.
Both tribes already submitted motions to intervene and a federal judge held a hearing in December. But they filed new documents this week, The New Bedford Standard-Times reported.
The Aquinnah renewed their claim to gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
The Mashpee, meanwhile, notified the court of a promise by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to make a decision on its land-into-trust application.
The Mashpees also said they will finalize a new Class III gaming compact within 30 days, according to the court filing cited by the paper.
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