Getting back their lands with Casino money

Posted on June 8, 2008 at 2:04 pm.
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After Native Americans were given the right to build casinos on their reservations in 1988, about 220 of 562 federally recognized tribes have gaming operations. And they’re using their newfound fortune to invest in land for housing, businesses, farming, hunting and fishing grounds. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservations in northeast Oregon spent $20 million to acquire roughly 30,000 acres, about a third of which they are returning to its natural conditions

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