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May 15, 2006

Muckleshoot Tribe wants racetrack held in trust

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The Muckleshoot Tribe has asked the Bureau of Indian Affairs to place a racetrack it owns in trust.

The tribe bought Emerald Downs in 2002. It is not located on the reservation.

The tribe filed a land-into-trust application for the track in order to beat an April 15 cut-off date in pending Senate legislation. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, is sponsoring a bill that would make it harder for tribes to acquire new lands for gaming.

The tribe doesn't have plans to open a casino at the site but filed the application in order to protect its rights if the bill becomes law.

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