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Alleged Cherokee tribe can't run casino boat
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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2003

A group calling itself the Southern Cherokee Nation has been told to move a riverboat that it wants to use as casino.

The 214-foot boat landed at Webber Falls in Oklahoma. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said gaming was not a possibility.

The group is not federally recognized.

Get the Story:
400 jobs in balance in dispute over river (The Daily Oklahoman 3/7)
Chief not ready to give up on riverboat (The Daily Oklahoman 3/7)
Riverboat casino to head downstream (AP 3/7)

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