Editorial: State unfair in Tohono O'odham off-reservation casino bid

Monday, February 7, 2011  

"Sadly, the Arizona Legislature and Gov. Jan Brewer have continued a long-standing practice in America of unfairly dealing with Native Americans.

Last week, the governor signed legislation that has the potential to deny the southern Arizona Tohono O'odham Nation the ability to fully use property it owns because the governor and others disagree with the location of a casino on the land.

What the new law does is allow the city of Glendale, where the governor lives, to annex the land owned by the tribe without the tribe's permission. Normally, at least 50 percent of property owners must approve an annexation or it cannot take place.

The reason for the forced annexation is to prevent the tribe from adding the land to its reservation and placing a casino there."

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State unfair in action against Arizona tribe (The Yuma Sun 2/6)

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