And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kansas: State hopes to block tribe's casino plans http://cjonline.com/stories/080499/kan_casino.shtml State hopes to block tribe's casino plans By ROGER MYERS The Capital-Journal Attorneys for the state said Tuesday they will seek a federal court injunction to block the Miami Indian tribe, of Oklahoma, from establishing a gambling casino in Miami County. The attorneys made the announcement as a special legislative committee began hearings on an array of issues generated by Indian casinos in the state. Natalie Haig, chief counsel for Gov. Bill Graves, told the Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations the state will file suit seeking to bar the Miami from using land in Miami County for a casino. The state also will seek a temporary restraining order to prevent the tribe from taking any further steps to proceed. Mike Matson, the governor's spokesman, said the attorney general's office could get the lawsuit filed before the end of this week. He said it will be similar to a lawsuit the state filed against the Wyandotte tribe, of Oklahoma, to block it from using land it once occupied in downtown Kansas City, Kan., as the site for a casino. The Wyandotte tribe, however, has now changed its focus and is hoping to be able to establish a casino in conjunction with the Woodlands race track in Wyandotte County. In the cases of both tribes, Matson said, the state will challenge the legitimacy of their claims to the land on which they want to locate their casinos. The Miami tribe once occupied a tract in Miami County south of metropolitan Kansas City near Lake LaCygne where members want to locate their casino. The Wyandottes once occupied land where the Huron Cemetery is located. Sen. Lana Oleen, R-Manhattan, who was elected chairwoman of the state-tribal relations committee, said if the state is successful in blocking the Miami from proceeding, her panel will devote its Aug. 16 meeting to discussing the tribe's situation. If the Miami tribe were allowed to reclaim land it once occupied in Kansas, it would be "a terrible precedent, not only for Kansas but for all the states," she said. "Other tribes will be able to say, 'Hey, we used to live in Indiana. Let's go get some land there and set up a casino,' " she said. Oleen said the committee also will examine the effort of the Wyandotte tribe to acquire land at the Woodlands for a casino. Oleen said she doubts whether existing gambling compacts with the four resident Kansas tribes will be reopened by the committee. "I don't think either the tribes or the state is interested in that," she said. However, she said her panel will explore the possibility that the existing compacts could be supplemented with side contracts or amendments that might permit such things as the tribes paying reimbursement to Jackson and Brown counties for the extra law enforcement expense caused by the casinos. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
