The state of Ohio shut down an illegal bingo hall that was being operated by a group called the Tallige Cherokee Nation.
Scioto County sheriff's officers raided the Cherokee Bingo Hall yesterday. The state said the facility lacked a license.
Oliver Collins, the self-proclaimed "principal chief," said the raid was illegal. He said his group has a right to operate without a state license because it is a sovereign tribe.
The bingo hall had a license in the past but Collins refused to pay the $4,000 fee this year.
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Cherokee protests raid on bingo hall
(The Columbus Dispatch 3/19)
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Ohio shuts down illegal 'Cherokee' bingo hall
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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