Forest County Potawatomi Tribe supports IGRA bill

Wednesday, September 13, 2006  

The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe supports a bill that would restrict off-reservation gaming but other Wisconsin tribes are opposed.

The Potawatomis support H.R.4893, which is up for a vote today, because it would block the Menominee Nation from building a rival off-reservation casino. The Menominees, though, oppose the measure.

So do the St. Croix and Bad River bands of Chippewa. Their off-reservation casino would be barred by the measure.

The Ho-Chunk Nation also opposes the bill even through the tribe does not support the St. Croix/Bad River casino.

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Casino measure divides state's tribes (The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 9/13)