The 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals heard arguments on Wednesday in an off-reservation gaming case involving the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians in Michigan.
The tribe acquired the site for the proposed Lansing Kewadin Casino in connection with the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. A land-into-trust application has not been submitted.
A federal judge, however, said the tribe can't even start the land-into-trust process without getting approval from all of the state's tribes. The ruling was based on a provision in the Class III gaming compact that requires an agreement.
The tribe is asking the 6th Circuit to lift an injunction that prevents the tribe from submitting an application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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State, tribe argue Lansing casino in federal appeals court
(The Lansing State Journal 10/3)
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