Aaron Payment, the former chairman of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan, is seeking a referendum on a proposed off-reservation casino.
Payment supports the Kewadin Lansing Casino in Lansing. But he wants tribal members to decide what to do with the gaming revenues. “We just need a better proposal,” Payment said at a tribal meeting, The Lansing City Pulse reported. Talk of a referendum worries current Chairman Joe Eitrem. He said tribal members could vote down the project entirely. “We worked on this for over a year, hundreds of hours. I have concerns they’re going to send it out to a referendum and aren’t familiar with it. I’m scared it may get turned down," Eitrem told tribal members. Get the Story: