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Feinstein wants DOI to hold off land-into-trust
Friday, September 26, 2003
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is asking the Department of Interior not to take land into trust for a landless tribe.
Feinstein wrote a letter to Secretary Gale Norton and questioned whether the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians "were ever validly recognized as a tribe." The tribe was terminated and restored federal status in the 1980s and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming a federal judge, said there was no reason to stop Norton from accepting the land.
Feinstein was behind a bill to make it harder for another landless tribe to obtain a restored reservation. In both cases, the tribes want to open casinos on the land.
Get the Story:
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(The Tri-Valley Herald 9/26)
Fed Judge Refuses To Block East Bay Indian Casino
(AP 9/25)
Court Decisions:
Artichoke
Joe's v. Norton (August 6, 2002 |
Artichoke
Joe's v. Norton (July 29, 2002)
Relevant Laws:
Landless tribe in limbo due to court
fight (08/07)
The
Omnibus Indian Advancement Act of 2000 (H.R.5528)
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