The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians hasn't decided whether to appeal the latest decision in its long-running casino battle with the city of Duluth, Minnesota.
The tribe shares 19 percent of revenues from the Fond-du-Luth Casino as a form or "rent" to the city. Between 1994 and 2009, when the payments stopped, the tribe paid about $75 million to the city. A federal judge ordered the tribe to pay another $10.3 million for the years 2009 and 2011, when the National Indian Gaming Commission officially ended the arrangement. With interest, the amount is expected to total $12.4 million. The ruling "could be appealed," Chairwoman Karen Diver told The Minneapolis Star Tribune. Turtle Talk has posted documents from the case, Duluth v. Fond du Lac Band. Get the Story: