New York Gov. George Pataki (R) said lack of local support forced him to drop negotiations with the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma.
Pataki's office was working with the tribe to settle its portion of the 64,000-acre Cayuga land claim. The tribe wants a casino in Rochester.
The state has been ordered to pay the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe and the Cayuga Nation, based in New York, nearly $247 million for stealing the land. The case is on appeal.
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Pataki: Casino unlikely in Rochester
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Gov.: Lack of public support kills casino consideration (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 7/19)
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Pataki explains rejection of Seneca-Cayuga deal
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