![]() In November 2017, Oklahoma City federal judge Joe Heaton dismissed the Comanche claim, determining that while the proposed development was not inside the Chickasaw reservation, it fell within an area that was deemed to be so in the 19 th century and therefore could be taken into trust. The decision completely blindsided the Comanche - which was not consulted by the DOI, or even mentioned in the federal department’s 18-page decision on the matter. The DOI approved the lands - which are not part of the official Chickasaw reservation - in January 2017, just four years after the tribe acquired them. Lawyers for the Comanche claimed the DOI should not have placed the lands in trust for the Chickasaw casino, because the department had failed to determine that the tribe had “exercised governmental authority” over the lands before it purchased them. The Chickasaws’ Riverstar Casino opened in March, despite the pending litigation which argued the Department of Interior (DOI) had erred when it gave the green light to the new casino near Terral, which sits 45 miles from the Comanche Red River Casino in Devol. The Comanches claim they were completely blindsided by the DOI’s decision to rubberstamp the casino and complain they were not consulted during the process. The Chickasaw Riverstar casino is less than 50 miles from the Comanches’ Red River property. Including last pay stub for current yearĪpplicants must be approved by Comanche Nation Gaming Commission.Gaming Business, Regulation, Tribal Gaming.Ī new Chickasaw Nation-operated casino in Oklahoma has survived a legal challenge by the rival Comanche Nation.
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