BIA asked to halt plans for N.Y. bingo hall

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2003

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is being asked to prevent an Oklahoma tribe from opening a bingo hall in New York.

A New York state lawmaker says issues over the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe's sovereignty need to be resolved first. The tribe wants to open a bingo hall on 229 acres of land considered ancestral territory.

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Bingo hall foe seeks federal action (The Syracuse Post-Standard 3/26)

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