The Wind Creek Casino and Hotel in Atmore, Alabama. Photo © Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
The Department of Justice is backing the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in a gaming lawsuit filed by Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange. The federal government is not a party to the lawsuit. But a friend of the court brief said the tribe has a right to offer Class II gaming without interference from the state. “The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is a federally recognized tribe. As such, our tribe’s land is governed by federal, not state law,” Robbie McGhee, the tribe's government relations adviser, told The Montgomery Advertiser. The lawsuit comes as the tribe continues a $246 million expansion of the Creek Casino Wetumpka. It's due to open in February or March of next year, the paper said. Get the Story:
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