The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
Potawatomi says it won't pay local taxes until the Michigan Tax Tribunal resolves its case.
The tribe says it is owed a refund on more than $90,000 in township, school, county and state taxes. The tribe says it shouldn't pay because the Pine Creek Reservation is held in trust.
But Athens Township says the tribe owes the money because the reservation wasn't taken into trust until the summer of 2008. The treasurer says the bill comes to $112,770 for 2008.
The tribe won federal recognition in 1995.
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