In a strongly worded ruling, the US Department of the Interior rejected an agreement Friday between Governor Deval Patrick and the Mashpee Wampanoag for a tribal casino planned for Taunton, concluding that the deal takes unfair advantage of the tribe.
The department cited “a number of provisions that did not comply with the law,” including its assessment that the state is not providing enough concessions in exchange for receiving a proposed 21.5 percent share of the tribe’s gambling revenue.
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That's interesting. This is a case where the feds are actually on the tribe's side. We all hope that it can be worked out. This native tribe deserves less and less resistance and more cooperation to compensate for the injustices they have suffered in the historical past. The entire issue has been dragged out too long now.