The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts has chosen a new location for its proposed casino.
The tribe entered into a deal with the town of Fall River. A press conference is scheduled for this afternoon. The tribe already started the land-into-trust process for a casino in the town of Middleboro. It looks like the tribe will have to file another application for the new site in Fall River. The tribe's land-into-trust efforts face questions under the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, which restricts the land-into-trust process to tribes that were "under federal jurisdiction" in 1934. The Mashpees didn't gain formal recognition until May 2007 Get the Story: