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Hwy 99 casino opponents lobby today in Capitol
Madera-area residents are lobbying state officials today in Sacramento to halt a 305-acre casino and resort that the North Fork Mono Indians want to build next to Highway 99.  North Fork Rancheria5/16/2013
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Supervisors oppose off-reservation gaming bill
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to go on record opposing state legislation that would allow an American Indian tribe in...
5/15/2013
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Senate committee reviews controversial compact
(California) -- Things didn’t go smoothly in the Assembly earlier this month when the casino agreement between the Brown administration and the North Fork...
5/3/2013
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Assembly ratifies compact for tribal casino in Madera County; Humboldt tribe also will benefit
(California) -- The state Assembly on Thursday narrowly approved a compact authorizing the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians to build an off-reservation casino north...
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BLOG: North Fork Casino nearly home free
(California) -- After a decade of work, the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians is closer than ever to opening its off-reservation casino in Madera County on Highway 99.
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Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians Urges Senators to Reject the North Fork Compact Following Approval in Assembly
(California) -- Reggie Lewis, Chairman of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians had the following comment after the North Fork Compact’s razor-thin...
5/2/2013
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Assembly approves North Fork Rancheria tribal casino
(California) -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) employed a little legislative arm-twisting to persuade lawmakers to pass a measure that would allow a...
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Assembly ratifies state/Mono casino compact
(California) -- North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians took another big step this morning (May 2) towards a casino on Highway 99 near Madera as the State Assembly voted 41...
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California Assembly narrowly approves new off-reservation casino
(California) -- California's North Fork Rancheria Band of Mono Indians is a step closer to getting a casino after the Assembly narrowly ratified a gambling compact...
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Inland tribes lose Assembly vote
(California) -- In a rare legislative setback for members of Inland Southern California’s powerful tribal casino industry, the Assembly narrowly passed legislation...
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North Fork casino compact passes Assembly
(California) -- Madera County's North Fork Rancheria Band of Mono Indians is a step closer to getting a casino after the state Assembly narrowly ratified a gambling...
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North Fork Casino passes skin-of-its teeth vote
(California) -- Plans to build a casino off of Highway 99 in Madera County dodged a narrow bullet today with a vote by the state Assembly approving a gaming compact with...
5/1/2013
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Inland tribes oppose casino compact ahead of possible vote Thursday
(California) -- Lobbyists for and against a casino compact for a Central Valley tribe worked the state Capitol on Wednesday ahead of a possible ratification vote in the...
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Some Inland tribes oppose pact
(California) -- A pair of influential Riverside County tribes with casinos is trying to scuttle a gaming compact between the state and a Central Valley tribe that could...
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BLOG: North Folk Tribal Gaming Compact Deserves Ratification
(California) -- If you have never heard of the roughly 2,000 member North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians, than I can assure you that you are not a member of the State...
4/10/2013
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Bill introduced to proceed with Mono casino
(California) -- Assembly Bill 277, a bill that will serve as the vehicle to ratify the compact between the state and the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians for the...
4/3/2013
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BETHEL-FINK: Monos and others roamed
(California) -- The myth that the first peoples of this region lived in segmented tribal territories somehow clearly marked and separated from those used and occupied by...
4/1/2013
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Group sues governor to stop Madera casino
(California) -- A Sacramento area-based group and a Madera County resident filed a lawsuit in Madera County Superior Court last week in an attempt to stop the North Fork...
3/27/2013
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Coalition launches website opposing Madera casino
(California) -- A coalition of elected officials, businesses, Indian tribes and concerned citizens have launched a campaign aiming to put a stop to a proposed Madera...
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BROWN: Off-reservation casino
(California) -- We the members of the Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts have the rightful claim to the ancestral land on which the North Fork Rancheria plans to build a casino...
3/2/2013
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An Open Letter to Tribal Leaders: Tribes Fighting Tribes Hurts All Indians
(California) -- The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California recently became only the sixth tribe in the past 25 years to successfully navigate the Secretarial...
1/31/2013
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Madera Co. Casino Receives Go Ahead
(California) -- A tentative go ahead has been given for land transfers for two off reservation Indian casinos in the Central Valley The U.S. Department of the Interior...
1/29/2013
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D.C. judge declines to block Madera casino
(California) -- Opponents of a proposed casino in Madera County failed Tuesday to convince a Washington, D.C.-based federal judge to block the project with a temporary...
1/10/2013
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Chukchansi files suit to stop Mono casino on 99
(California) -- The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians has filed a lawsuit that could delay the groundbreaking for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians...
12/28/2012
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Lawsuit Filed Against Proposed Casino
(California) -- Another legal challenge is standing in the way of a proposed casino near Madera. The latest lawsuit was filed by Madera residents, including clergy...
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Ministers join lawsuit against Madera casino
(California) -- A new legal challenge has been filed against the North Fork Mono Indians' proposed casino and resort project near Madera -- and more legal challenges...
12/3/2012
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STUTZ: Tribe with Station Casinos agreement gains OK for project
(Las Vegas) -- A California Indian tribe that has a nearly decade-old management agreement for Station Casinos to operate an off-reservation casino, received federal...
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Yuba County tribal casino gets step closer with federal approval
(California) -- A proposed Indian casino in Yuba County cleared another legal hurdle when the U.S. government officially placed a 40-acre parcel in trust.
11/30/2012
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Madera land set aside for casino / North Fork rancheria gets federal OK to build along Highway 99.
(California) -- The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has agreed to put land north of Madera in trust for a proposed off-reservation casino by the North Fork Rancheria of...
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Mono tribe gets land approval from Bureau of Indian Affairs
(California) -- After nearly a decade of rigorous planning, the finale major hurdle for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians has been cleared that will allow the...
11/15/2012
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Our View: Consistent casino policy needed
(California) -- The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians in Northern California plans to build a "gaming and entertainment resort." It will include a casino...
9/15/2012
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Lehman: North Fork Rancheria's 'exceptional circumstances'
(California) -- "Reservation shopping" and "off reservation casinos" are clever phrases used by opponents to vilify efforts by the North Fork...
9/6/2012
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Governor approves Highway 99 Mono casino
(California) -- Governor Jerry Brown approved the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians' plans last Friday to build a multi-million dollar casino on Highway 99, north...
9/1/2012
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Brown OKs off-reservation casino for North Fork indians
(California) -- Gov. Jerry Brown broke with the status quo Friday and approved an Indian casino and resort on Highway 99 in Madera County 36 miles away from the tribe...
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California's governor green lights Station Casino tribal casino
(Las Vegas) -- Two Las Vegas-style casinos, including one that is a partnership with Station Casinos LLC, will be built miles from their traditional reservation land in...
8/31/2012
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Brown approves North Fork Rancheria's casino in Madera
(California) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown has approved casino proposals from two Native American tribes that will allow the facilities to be built miles away from the...
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Gov. Brown approves North Fork's Madera casino
(California) -- Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a controversial off-reservation casino in Madera on behalf of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians.
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Governor Approves Building of Indian Gaming Casino Off Hwy 99 in Madera County
(California) -- Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today concurred with the Department of the Interior’s decisions to allow 305 acres in Madera County to be placed in...
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Governor Approves Madera Co. Casino Project
(California) -- Governor Jerry Brown has signed a tribal state gaming agreement. It allows the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians to build a massive casino and hotel...
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Green Light for Madera County Indian Casino
(California) -- It was a big victory for the Mono Indian Tribe. For almost a decade the tribe has been pushing to build a multi-million dollar, mega casino in Madera...
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North Fork casino in Madera County OK'd by governor
(California) -- Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday afternoon that he will allow construction of a 305-acre casino and resort on Highway 99 in Madera County that will be...
8/24/2012
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Opponents say CA tribal casino would hurt public worker pension funds
(California) -- With just a week left for Gov. Jerry Brown to decide the fate of two off-reservation casino proposals, opponents are arguing that approval of one of them...
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Decision on Mono casino expected next week
(California) -- It was 10 years ago that the North Fork Mono Rancheria began the complicated planning process for a multi-million dollar casino on Highway 99, north of...
8/23/2012
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FINK: This Indian casino isn't a gamble
(California) -- There is just one part of the Aug. 19 editorial "A bad bet on Indian casinos” that we agree on: “There should be some flexibility for...
4/19/2012
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Chukchansi pressure is inappropriate to some
(California) -- Representatives of several groups and businesses in the county say they've felt pressured by Chukchansi tribal officials to come come out against the...
4/11/2012
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Tribe accused of strong-arm tactics
(California) -- Representatives of two eastern Madera County organizations that receive funding from the tribe that runs Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino say they...
4/3/2012
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Mono casino opposed by some / Supervisor Wheeler takes issue with Sen. Feinstein's statements
(California) -- Representatives of a Madera based ministerial association and others opposing the proposed $250 million casino on 305 acres at Avenue 17 and Highway 99...
3/13/2012
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Hwy 99 casino opponents lobby today in Capitol
(California) -- Madera-area residents are lobbying state officials today in Sacramento to halt a 305-acre casino and resort that the North Fork Mono Indians want to...
2/13/2012
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Debate Heating Up Over Proposed Madera Casino
(California) -- The debate is once again heating up surrounding construction of a new Native American casino. The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians plans to put the...
2/12/2012
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Public meeting over Madera Co casino plans
(California) -- People opposed to an Indian casino being built along Highway 99 in Madera County held a meeting Sunday night. The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians...
2/10/2012
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CHAIRWOMAN BETHEL-FINK: Casino attack ads not accurate
(California) -- As the proposed Madera/North Fork casino nears successful completion after more than seven years of rigorous state and federal review -- we are one...
1/18/2012
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EDITORIAL: Hwy. 99 tribal casino plans should be stopped
(California) -- The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians has been trying for years to build an off-reservation casino on Highway 99 north of Madera, and has moved a step...
1/10/2012
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Madera Co supervisors back casino project
(California) -- The Madera County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday morning to throw its support behind the North Fork Casino project. The North Fork Rancheria of Mono...
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Madera Co. officials still back casino, Mono Indians' plans
(California) -- Madera County supervisors reaffirmed their support Tuesday for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians' plans for a $250 million casino and resort...
12/16/2011
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U.S. spending bill kicks proposed Madera casino back for another look
(California) -- A proposed Indian casino on Highway 99 north of Madera will face yet another round of federal scrutiny under a massive spending bill approved today.
12/7/2011
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FBI Raids Indian Reservation
(California) -- The North Fork Indian Reservation is under federal investigation for fraud. An investigation some say could cost them their massive casino project. Tribe...
12/6/2011
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FBI raids North Fork Rancheria tribal government offices
(California) -- Federal agents raided the offices of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians tribal government. Action News has learned the raid is connected to the...
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FBI Raids Valley Indian Reservation
(California) -- A valley Indian Tribe is being investigated by the FBI. Tuesday federal agents raided the Mono tribe headquarters in North Fork.
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Federal Investigation at North Fork Rancheria
(California) -- A federal investigation is underway at the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians. An FBI spokesperson tells KMPH News that agents are searching Rancheria...
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Money Questions Surround Rancheria
(California) -- Questions over money at a tribal office in North Fork prompt federal agents to serve a search warrant Tuesday morning at Rancheria headquarters. The U.S...
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Search warrant served at North Fork Rancheria
(California) -- Federal agents served a search warrant this morning at the tribal headquarters of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians in Madera County.
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