Plains tribes in Western
Oklahoma say politically-connected, wealthy Eastern tribes given better
treatment by federal government.
“The fight stems from a 2017 Interior Department
decision to go around the Comanche and approve — without any consultation — a
rival casino project in Terral, Okla., within miles of the tribe’s ancestral
lands near the Red River.
"More than ever, the ensuing legal battle has exposed years of resentment over how Washington treats the poorer Plains tribes of Western Oklahoma versus the more powerful and politically connected Five Civilized Tribes in the east.
"Indeed, the newly-built, disputed casino is the 22nd such gaming operation in an already huge multibillion dollar empire controlled by the Chickasaw Nation, the richest of the Five."
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