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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2002

Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico filed a lawsuit last month against the Department of Interior over a casino compact approved during the Clinton administration.

The tribe claims a 16 percent revenue sharing rate in the 1997 deal violated federal law. Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb were named in the suit.

Other Pueblos and tribes in the state objected to the deal and refused to share proceeds. But after state Attorney General Patricia Madrid sued, they agreed to $91 million in back payments.

Pojoaque Pueblo was the sole holdout along with the Mescalero Apache Nation.

Get the Story:
Pojoaque Pueblo Suing Interior Department (The Albuquerque Journal 6/20)

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