The Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe wants a dispute over its gambling rights settled in the federal courts.
The Martha's Vineyard-based tribe announced plans last month to open a small casino on the island. But the Commonwealth contends that the tribe gave up its gambling rights in a 1980s settlement that secured tribal lands on the island. ...
Gov. Deval Patrick says he plans to meet with leaders of the Wampanoag of Aquinnah but does not anticipate a change in the state's position that the Martha's Vineyard-based tribe is ineligible for casino gambling.
Tribal chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais announced this week that the tribe had received federal approval to open a small casino on tribal land. She...
A Martha's Vineyard-based Indian tribe is claiming to have won federal approval to open a gambling facility on the island.
The Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, a federally-recognized tribe, issued a statement on Tuesday saying it planned to move ahead with plans to convert an unfinished community center on tribal lands into a temporary Class II gambling facility.
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