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The Status Page has been formatted to present a quick snapshot = of the=20 current situation and is intended to give you a synopsis of the = latest=20 developments regarding the proposed casino in Plymouth. More = detail of=20 specific issues are presented elsewhere on the website.=20

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1) Background issues affecting the current situation22 Nov'07

2) Recent Tribal Actions of Franklin Group15=20 August'08




Status of Proposed = casino in=20 Plymouth as of 22 Nov 2007=20


Background = issues=20

The basis of acquisition of land in trust is governed by a = statutory=20 process with Congress having the final say in determining whether = to take=20 tribal land into trust. The Department of the Interior has issued = a=20 general regulation, 25C.F.R. Part 151, to cover the multiplicity = of other=20 statutes and regulations governing this process. This regulation = on land=20 acquisition cites over 40 separate statutory authorities to which = it=20 applies. Note that 25 C.F.R also explicitly reserves to the = Secretary the=20 authority to waive or make exceptions to his regulations in all = cases=20 where permitted by law and the Secretary finds that such waiver or = exception is in the best interest of the Indians.=20

The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act has two separate and distinct = avenues=20 for taking land into Trust for gaming purposes.
Section = 20(b)(1)(A)=20 requires a two-part determination that the gaming establishment = will be in=20 both the best interest of the Tribe and not detrimental to the = surrounding=20 community and the Governor of the State concurs with the=20 Secretaries two-part determination.
Section 20(b)(1)(B) in part = only=20 requires that the land in question be the initial reservation of a = newly=20 recognized Tribe.=20

The Franklin group of Miwok Indians, having failed to garner = the=20 community support necessary for a two-part determination under = section=20 20(b)(1)(A) of IGRA, is now attempting to manufacture the facts = required=20 for a restored lands exception under section 20(b)(1)(B) . While = gaming on=20 land placed into trust after 1988 is normally prohibited, the = restored=20 lands exception is completely different. This loophole requires no = community support and no concurrence of the Governor. Local = political=20 entities are required to negotiate Municipal Service Agreements = which may=20 provide little in the way of ensuring proper mitigation for the = negative=20 impacts so well-documented with Indian casino development.=20

Now remember that the Franklin lead Ione band of Miwoks has = been=20 informing everyone who would listen that an opinion written by DOI = Associate Solicitor Carl Artman granted them status as a restored = landless=20 tribe. However, in a related restoration case, the DOI filed a = legal brief=20 in the DC Federal Court, that argued that the Ione Band of = possessed=20 collective rights in land that provided evidence that this Indian = Tribes=20 was a continuously existing political entity. Further more that = there is=20 an =93absence of any act of Congress, the Courts, or = administrative action=20 terminating the group.=94 In short the Ione Band of Miwoks = decision was not=20 recognizing a restored Tribe but rather =93correcting an = administrative=20 error.=94 That brief certainly debunks Franklin=92s claim of being = a restored=20 landless Tribe.=20

Additionally, this claimed status as a =93restored landless = tribe is=20 being disputed by the State of California, Amador County and The = NCIP=20 group. A detailed synopsis and accompanying documentation of the = bogus=20 restored claim can be found in chronological order on the Basis for=20 Oppostion page of this website.=20

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Recent Tribal = Actions of=20 Franklin Group

As of August 2008 what has the tribe accomplished:
- Filed = an=20 incomplete application with the Department of the Interior (DOI) = based on=20 a Municipal Services Agreement (MSA)
that was ruled invalid by = California Third district Court.
- Been unable to convince the = City of=20 Plymouth to negotiate a new MSA
- Filed an error filled Draft=20 Environmental Impact Statement with the DOI that that can only be=20 described as inadequate.

There are two fundamental problems for the Tribe. The first = revolves=20 around the Tribe=92s claim of being a restored landless = Tribe.
The second=20 is a lack of a MSA with the City of Plymouth.=20

Landless Claim:
As = previously=20 mentioned the issues revolving around the Landless claim are = detailed on=20 the Basis = for=20 Oppostion page of this website. However, reading a statement = from the=20 Governors response to the Tribe=92s Draft EIS, pointedly = demonstrates that=20 the restored landless status issue is a major obstacle for this = proposed=20 casino.=20

=94In September 2006, the Office of the Solicitor, Division of = Indian=20 Affairs, determined the subject land is eligible for gaming as the = Tribe=92s=20 =93restored lands=94 under title 25 United States code section=20 2719(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the Indian gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), and = the=20 Associate deputy Secretary concurred in the determination. We = commented in=20 our December 28, 2006 letter to former Regional director Clay = Gregory that=20 the Solicitor=92s findings were not supported by the facts of law = and,=20 therefore, the proposed acquisition did not qualify for IGRA=92s = =93restored=20 lands=94 exception.=94
Andrea Lynn Hoch
Legal Affairs=20 Secretary
Office of the Governor
July 2, 2008=20

It is obvious that the State of California is = unwilling=20 to cede sovereign control of it=92s territory based on the = Tribe=92s=20 fallacious legal arguments. Until this difference of opinion is = resolved,=20 most likely in court, there will be no casino in Plymouth=20

MSA
Current DOI = regulations=20 requires - =93agreements between tribal and local governments = regarding=20 jurisdictional and land use issues to be submitted as part of the=20 acquisition package=85=94 In other words, without an MSA, the = Tribe and their=20 gambling interests are unable to file a full and complete = application for=20 a casino. The Tribe has responded to this dilemma with a = two-pronged=20 assault on the Plymouth City Council. First, they have had their = backers=20 attend City Council meetings and attempt to badger the Council = into=20 reopening negotiations with the Tribe. Secondly, they have = initiated a=20 slick new =93PR=94 campaign with a website and glossy brochures = which are=20 aimed at swaying public opinion into supporting new negotiations. = The=20 message is the same old dishonest argument we=92ve heard = before=85=94we don=92t=20 want the casino but Plymouth must negotiate to protect itself = because it=92s=20 a done deal.=94=20

The TRUTH OF THE MATTER is that the Tribe has = already=20 started negotiations with the State, Amador County, and the City = of=20 Plymouth. Those negotiations are in the form of the recently = submitted=20 draft Environmental Impact Statement. That document contains the = Tribe=92s=20 vision for economic development and it=92s not a pretty picture. = The Draft = EIS page=20 of this website provides the details necessary to understand the=20 inadequacies of that document.=20

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This page, and all its = contents, are=20 Copyright (C) 2003 by Citizens for No Casino In Plymouth (209) = 245-6115.=20 If you find any factual inaccuracies on this Website =96 contact = NCIP for=20 correction.


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