Leaders in Middleboro, Massachusetts, are still waiting to hear whether the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe intends to build a casino in the town.
The tribe entered into a gaming agreement with the town in 2007. But tribal leaders have apparently looked at other locations, prompting the town to ask for assurances. The town hasn't received a response to a letter sent over a month ago, however. Tribal leaders didn't return calls to The Cape Cod Times about the issue either. The tribe filed a land-into-trust application for 539 acres in Middleboro. But the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar could affect the process. The decision restricts the land-into-trust process to tribes that were "under federal jurisdiction" in 1934. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe didn't gain formal federal recognition until May 2007. Get the Story: