The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has seized 205 acres for a possible casino, The Cherokee Scout reports.
The tribal council voted 10-2 on July 14 to seize the land. It apparently belonged to a man who recently died.
“This woman had just buried her husband,” council member
Teresa McCoy told the paper. The man was found dead on July 6.
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