And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: Pat Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> State Officials Stick To Guns In Santee Sioux Casino Fight http://www.yankton.net/stories/091599/new_0915990015.html OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska officials are sticking to their guns in the latest chapter of the state's fight with Santee Sioux tribal leaders over the tribe's Ohiya Casino. Gov. Mike Johanns and Attorney General Don Stenberg filed a joint 38-page response Friday to U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt asking that his department not intervene in the tribe's effort to have its northeast Nebraska casino win legal approval to operate. In May, the tribe applied for a compact through the Interior Department. Under new procedures allowed by the Interior Secretary, tribes can negotiate compacts with the federal agency when states have been reluctant to talk with the tribes. Friday's response reiterated the state's long-standing position that it is bound by the state constitution, which prohibits casino gambling. Although Congress passed a law 11 years ago allowing tribes to negotiate gaming compacts with states, Nebraska officials argue the state can only compact with tribes on gambling ventures that are already legal in the state. The tribe opened the Ohiya Casino in February 1996, the same day filing a lawsuit against the state. The tribe claimed the state refused to negotiate a gaming compact in good faith. The Tribal Council continues to face a $6,000-per-day fine for refusing a federal judge's order to close the casino. Last month, the same judge dismissed a civil contempt of court action filed against the council. In that ruling, U.S. District Judge William Cambridge conceded that the council is bound by an Aug. 3 referendum election in which tribal members voted 61-11 in support of keeping the casino open. http://wolfseeker.com http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb629759 http://www.sunlink.net/~wlfskr 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/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
