MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians plans lawsuit over casino raid

Friday, November 8, 2013  

The MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians plans to sue the Mobile County Sheriff's Office over a raid of the tribe's gaming facility in Alabama.

The sheriff's department seized about 50 electronic machines and cash from the Choctaw Entertainment Center on Thursday. The facility was open for less than 5 days.

“We were illegally invaded by the Sheriff’s Office,” Chief Framon Weaver told ALLive.Com.

The tribe lacks federal recognition but Weaver contends the tribe maintains a relationship with the federal government under the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.

Get the Story:
Mobile Sheriff's Office seizes electronic gaming machines on MOWA Choctaw reservation (ALLive.Com 11/7)
Cameras Capture Raid At Gaming Center (WKRG 11/7)

MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians defends casino under old treaty (11/7)