Casinos in urban areas would put poor and landless tribes on equal footing with wealthy ones
By Joe Findaro
A growing number of Indian tribes across the country are seeking to build casinos in urban areas far from native lands. Though no such proposals have been made public in San Diego County, the administration of President Barack [...]

Posted on December 13th, 2009 by hunwut
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Tribes do not and should not have automatic right to develop off-reservation casinos
By Wally Leimgruber
A growing number of Indian tribes across the country are seeking to build casinos in urban areas far from native lands. Though no such proposals have been made public in San Diego County, the administration of President Barack Obamma is considering [...]

Posted on December 13th, 2009 by hunwut
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Pala, Viejas Tribes Looking To Expand Land
SAN DIEGO — The Pala tribe is hoping to annex about 50 acres adjacent to the reservation, and Viejas is trying to tag on about 180 acres. In November, Sycuan announced it was seeking about another 2,000 acres.

Posted on December 4th, 2009 by hunwut
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By TIM HULL
(CN) - The U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed the final two claims in a 15-year, “Rubik’s Cube” lawsuit involving internecine battles over land and power in the Jamul Indian Village in San Diego County.
The court found the remaining issues redundant and moot, and urged the plaintiffs not to “defy their fate” again.

Posted on October 20th, 2009 by hunwut
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San Jacinto council votes to oppose Soboba hotel-casino project
By GAIL WESSON, The Press-Enterprise
The San Jacinto City Council unanimously approved a resolution tonight opposing the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians’ proposal to add almost 535 acres of land to the reservation adjacent to the city for a hotel-casino project.

Posted on September 17th, 2009 by hunwut
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by Blanca Torres, San Francisco Business Times
Five U.S. senators, including Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein of California, are calling for more scrutiny of granting Indian tribes non-reservation land that could be turned into gaming sites.

Posted on September 17th, 2009 by hunwut
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Project boosting economy; location significant to Kumeyaay
By Staff reports
EL CAJON, Calif. - The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, the Sycuan Tribal Development Corporation and hundreds of invited guests celebrated the completion of the Marina Gateway project with a formal dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony in July.
“We’re very pleased with the end result and we’re [...]

Posted on September 8th, 2009 by hunwut
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By GAIL WESSON, The Press-Enterprise
For more than a year, most of the public comments at San Jacinto City Council meetings have been against a proposed annexation to the Soboba Indian Reservation that would allow the tribe to move its casino and build a hotel complex.
But at Thursday’s meeting, council members heard from people who favor [...]

Posted on September 5th, 2009 by hunwut
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BY Jennifer Reed
The Grossmont Union High School District has been making large strides lately in its push to bring a high school to the city of Alpine. The site has been selected, the Environmental Impact Report is finished and the design teams have been hired.
Yesterday, monitors for the Viejas band of the Kumeyaay tribe will [...]

Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by hunwut
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By Victor Morales, Today correspondent
EL CAJON, Calif. - A southern California tribe has asked the BIA to add nearly 2,000 acres to its reservation, which would triple the size of its current sovereign land, the agency said.
The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, a tribe that has more than doubled its population over the past [...]

Posted on August 18th, 2009 by hunwut
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