And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Gaming and Sovereignty are mutually exclusive..?
<http://www.billingsgazette.com/regionframe.htm>
Tribes urged to unify in face of federal, state gambling challenges
By JOHN K. WILEY
Associated Press Writer
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Thirteen state Indian tribes, struggling with moves
at the state and federal level to restrict tribal gambling operations, were
urged Monday to join forces and work together.
"We need to unify ourselves politically for the fight that lies ahead," Joe
Pakootas, chairman of the Colville Confederated Tribes' business council,
told about 70 participants at the start of his tribes' two-day Washington
State Tribes Gaming Strategy Summit.
"We have to establish an economic and business agenda for Indian gaming.
The state governments know we will be defeated if we are not unified."
At issue are new moves in Congress and the states to restrict reservation
gambling. Speakers were enlisted from tribes facing similar concerns in
California, Nebraska and South Dakota.
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