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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2002

A "glitch" has delayed the closing of a land sale considered vital to the protection of the Sand Creek Massacre site in Colorado, The Denver Post reports today.

A rancher agreed to sell his 1,465-acre property for the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, where Cheyenne ancestors were killed at the site by Army soldiers in 1864. A gaming company with a casino management agreement with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma said it would buy the land for $1.5 million

The paper reports that attendees of a meeting yesterday were told of an "unspecified temporary glitch" by tribal chairman Robert Tabor. Documents provided to Indianz.Com showed that Tabor agreed to the land deal along with a a five-year extension to Southwest Entertainment Inc's casino contract.

A council member objected to the arrangement, according to a letter written to Tabor that rebuked him for not consulting the full council. The National Indian Gaming Commission would have to approve the extension.

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'Glitch' delays Sand Creek land deal (The Denver Post 8/7)