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Cherokees plan to fight Tahlequah casino decision
Fighting over a casino Tuesday, the Cherokees and the Keetoowahs were actually arguing about history. The modern Cherokee Nation considers itself the rightful heir of the Cherokee tribe that came to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears in the early 19th century.  United Keetoowah Band1/25/2013
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UKB official sues, says access has been denied
(Oklahoma) -- Ella Mae Worley, recently re-elected treasurer for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, has filed suit against key members of the...
12/16/2012
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Bunch challenges UKB runoff results
(Oklahoma) -- Joe Bunch, a challenger for the United Keetoowah Band’s assistant chief seat, filed an appeal on Dec. 7 with the UKB Election Board challenging the...
11/19/2012
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Worth the Gamble?
(North Carolina) -- Casinos. When you think of the word you think gamblers, slot machines, and cash. Some in the lowcountry hope they'll soon cash in on their own...
11/14/2012
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Tribal council approves lawsuit against BIA
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council on Tuesday night gave its seal of approval to the tribe’s attorney general for pursuing a federal lawsuit against...
10/8/2012
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One fire, one family
(Oklahoma) -- A large contingent of Keetoowah Cherokees braved chilly temperatures and a north wind Saturday to hear tribal officials talk about accomplishments the...
9/5/2012
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Cherokee Nation Sues Interior for United Keetoowah Band’s Two-Acre Trust Land
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation and its business arm, Cherokee Nation Entertainment, have sued Interior Department officials for taking into trust a small parcel of...
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Tribe’s AG files suit against BIA
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation Attorney General Todd Hembree filed a complaint Aug. 29 in the Northern District U.S. Court against members of the U.S. Department of...
9/2/2012
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Hembree appeals UKB trust land approval
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation Attorney General Todd Hembree filed an appeal on Aug. 29 against the Department of Interior’s decision to grant trust land for the...
8/30/2012
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Cherokee Nation files against DOI to rescind UKB trust approval
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation filed a civil action against the Department of Interior Wednesday over a decision to grant another tribe’s land in trust...
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Cherokee Nation lawsuit targets Department of Interior
(Oklahoma) -- Federal officials violated long-held treaty rights by agreeing to put land in trust for a Keetoowah casino, a lawsuit made public Thursday claims.
8/25/2012
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Hembree to appeal UKB casino trust land
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation Attorney General Todd Hembree said he would file an appeal in federal court before a Sept. 7 deadline to fight the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
8/8/2012
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United Keetoowah Band's Push For Energy Assistance
(Oklahoma) -- An Oklahoma Native American tribe is trying to bring energy assistance to those who need it. The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma is...
8/2/2012
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Cherokee Nation AG plans federal casino appeal
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation's attorney general said Tuesday he'll appeal a federal decision to place casino land of a rival tribe into trust, a move that...
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CN gets ruling on UKB Casino
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation expresses its disappointment in the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ decision to place property owned by the United Keetoowah Band of...
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UKB casino allowed to stay open
(Oklahoma) -- The Keetoowah Casino, operated by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma (UKB), received a stay of execution from the BIA on Monday,...
8/1/2012
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UKB celebrates trust land decision
(Oklahoma) -- Monday’s 11th-hour ruling to put land into trust on which its casino rests began a new era for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of...
7/31/2012
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Cherokee Nation's attorney general says he'll appeal BIA decision to keep rival casino open
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation's attorney general says he'll appeal a federal decision to place casino land of a rival tribe into trust, a move that...
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Cherokees Dispute Ruling On Keetoowah Casino Land
(Oklahoma) -- The celebration at a Tahlequah casino was short-lived. Monday, the Keetoowah Casino was trumpeting its 11th hour rescue from closing. Now, a neighboring...
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Cherokees plan to fight Tahlequah casino decision
(Oklahoma) -- Fighting over a casino Tuesday, the Cherokees and the Keetoowahs were actually arguing about history. The modern Cherokee Nation considers itself the...
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Cherokees to appeal decision placing Keetoowah casino land in trust
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation said today that it will appeal a last-minute government decision that allowed a casino to remain open in Tahlequah.
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Keetoowah Band Casino can stay open
(Oklahoma) -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs has ruled a request to place the Keetoowah Casino property into a trust will be accepted. The ruling means the Tahlequah...
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Keetoowah Band ‘back to work’
(Oklahoma) -- Members of what was a “landless tribe” went back to work Tuesday after celebrating a federal decision that allows the United Keetoowah Band of...
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Trust land status OK’d for UKB casino
(Oklahoma) -- The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs on Tuesday granted the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma’s application...
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UKB celebrates trust decision / But the Cherokee Nation still plans to appeal
(Oklahoma) -- Monday’s 11th-hour ruling to put land into trust on which its casino rests began a new era for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of...
7/30/2012
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Feds grant UKB casino trust status
(Oklahoma) -- Hours before a deadline to cease gaming operations on July 30, United Keetoowah Band officials received word that the Department of Interior has granted...
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Keetoowah casino to remain open
(Oklahoma) -- The Keetoowah casino in Tahlequah will stay open after a last-minute decision from federal officials to put the property in trust.
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Keetoowah Cherokee Casino to stay open
(Oklahoma) -- Late Monday afternoon, as federal offices were beginning to close in Washington, D.C., Keetoowah leaders were still waiting to find out what was going to...
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UKB has contingency plan if casino closes today
(Oklahoma) -- The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma on Friday announced a contingency plan for employees if its casino has to close down today.
7/29/2012
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Okla. tribe has contingency plan if casino closes
(Oklahoma) -- United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees officials say they have a contingency plan in place for employees if the tribe's casino is forced to close.
7/27/2012
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Deadline Approaching For Embattled Tahlequah Casino
(Oklahoma) -- The Keetoowah casino in Tahlequah may have to close its doors on Monday night if the federal government does not grant a last minute ruling in its favor.
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Keetoowah officials confident that casino will remain open
(Oklahoma) -- Keetoowah officials are "98 or 99 percent sure" that the federal government will step in to save the tribe's casino before Monday's court...
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Tahlequah casino could close on Monday
(Oklahoma) -- Its success is largely dependent on other people's luck, but the United Keetoowah Band's casino in Tahlequah could use a little luck of its own if...
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UKB has contingency plan if casino closes
(Oklahoma) -- The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma on Friday announced a contingency plan for employees if its casino has to close down Monday.
7/26/2012
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United Keetoowah Band's Tahlequah casino could close July 30
(Oklahoma) -- After more than 20 years of government red tape and court battles, it appears that a casino operating on nontribal land will close Monday night.
7/20/2012
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Casino closure could have impact
(Oklahoma) -- The fate of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma casino will be determined in a little more than a week, and some members are worried...
6/15/2012
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CN awaits DOI decision on UKB casino
(Oklahoma) -- Before taking any legal action, Cherokee Nation officials are awaiting the Department of Interior’s decision regarding a land-into-trust application...
6/11/2012
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Cherokee Nation unhappy with UKB deal
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation officials on Saturday expressed “disappointment” with a casino agreement between the state and the United Keetoowah Band of...
6/10/2012
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Cherokee Nation unhappy with Keetoowah's deal with state
(Oklahoma) -- Officials with the Cherokee Nation are disappointed in the deal between the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the state, according to a...
6/9/2012
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Cherokees ‘disappointed’ with Keetowah agreement
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation says it is “disappointed” with an agreement between Oklahoma’s attorney general and the United Keetoowah Band of...
6/8/2012
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Keetoowah to accept conditions for casino
(Oklahoma) -- Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced Friday an enforcement agreement with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees over its casino in Tahlequah.
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Oklahoma attorney general signs enforcement papers on tribal casino
(Oklahoma) -- Attorney General Scott Pruitt has signed an enforcement agreement with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians over a tribal casino in Tahlequah.
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Settlement of Keetoowah casino dispute announced
(Oklahoma) -- A dispute over a Tahlequah casino has been settle with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians agreeing to pay the state $2 million in damages and...
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