Biden admin poised to green-light tribal gambling expansion despite opposition from Native Americans, Dems
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The Biden administration is expected to finalize a plan to allow a Native American tribe in Oregon to expand its casino operation, a move starkly opposed by other tribes.
The BIA issued its draft EIS in November 2022 for the proposal and the public comment period for that action lasted until late February. A wide range of voices, including several regional tribes, tribes nationwide and bipartisan lawmakers, blasted the draft EIS which recommended the federal government approve Coquille's move to build an off-reservation casino, the so-called Cedars at Bears Creek. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"The Coquille Indian Tribe’s application to transfer fee land in Medford, Oregon into trust for gaming using the restored lands exception directly threatens the sovereign rights of tribal governments to operate gaming on their lands," the Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations, which represents 13 tribes in California, wrote to BIA Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland earlier this month.
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