The Obama administration and the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of
Potawatomi Indians of Michigan, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to
hear a casino site case.
The tribe opened the Gun
Lake Casino on February 11. That was just a couple of weeks after the D.C. Circuit Court of
Appeals revived a lawsuit that challenges the trust status of the gaming
site.
The DC Circuit said David Patchak, a non-Indian, can sue the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
approving the tribe's land-into-trust application. Patchak hopes to show that
the tribe wasn't "under federal jurisdiction" in 1934 -- the tribe gained
federal recognition in 2000.
The tribe filed its petition on August 25, according to Docket Sheet No. 11-246. The Department of Justice also filed the same day, according to Docket Sheet No. 11-247.
A response from Patchak is due September 26.
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