Court Dismisses Kansas' Gaming Suit Against TribeQuapaw Tribe To Proceed With Gaming On Land In Kansas |
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A federally recognized Native American tribe with reservation land in both Kansas and Oklahoma saw a judge toss Kansas’ lawsuit attempting to block gambling that would occur within Kansas’ borders, according to a report from sekvoice.com.
Kansas was trying to challenge the National Indian Gaming Commission’s ruling that the Quapaw Tribe’s land in Kansas was eligible for gaming. The land is adjacent to the Tribe’s Downstream Casino Resort in Oklahoma.
The governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback, actually encouraged the tribe to pursue gaming on the land, the report said. He and the tribe began gaming compact negotiations in 2013. Brownback eventually changed his mind, allegedly because he wanted to support a state-owned casino in the area.
“Not only did Governor Brownback not engage in good-faith negotiations, as he promised, but he and Attorney General Derek Schmidt deliberately targeted and harassed a number of our tribal leaders by suing them," the tribe said in a statement.
“Most of these people had no connection or involvement with tribal gaming. The suit appears to have been nothing but an attempt to discourage the tribe from pursuing its rights under federal law. This case should cause people in Kansas to ask a lot of questions, especially about Governor Brownback’s treatment of Indians and use of taxpayers’ money.”
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