Gambling on reservations targeted
Sl’OkANI W ish \i‘ H ■ : •,$> hit
vaila style gambling mi Wash ...gun state li.diai
rfsi-rv .iIh >ns headed to Monday whin the
federal government asked a nidge to prohibit slot
nun hums .it .1 Spokane tribal 1 asinn
The civil lawsuit 1 .mil* mint thus after tin* Spo
kane Indian Tribe <.n*•<i IV<. Kiuts Resort
Casino, featuring more the:: liMI *•!**« troim a nil li
ver-pull slot machines
Neither * asmo manager Steve W lil.ams nor t :■
ha I f\t*< utives Hr,;i e W vniii* or |ohn k iff fur. were
in their offices Monday aftiTiiouii \ttoruey Suit
( rowell, who ri'|>ri'si'ii!s till* Irihi* m g. until mg •.
Mins, did not return .1 1 ill tor 1 0111 merit Stolid.i\
In motions file.: Monday tin government asked
,1 tederal judge to ruli' that th«* slot mat hiu**s v m
late stateand federal laws It also seeks 11 lii.u
tion to i>n|oin the tribo from offering slots or other
types of Nevada style gambling
The motion seeks forfeiture of the gaining tt;.i
1 hint's
Jim (.1 ill lie 11 \ . C S Attorney lor (.astern Wish
ington, said the government w ill ask the < mirt to
expedite hearings
State law entori enient and elei ted officials have
pressured the (ustii e I kepurtmeiit to shut (low u the
slot .operations that liave spread across I tie I astern
Washington reservation and trust lands
The state has no jurisdiction on the reservation
w hit h is 1 (insidered a sovereign nation
Sen Slade Corton. R Wash . tins month wrote
Attorney l .enerflj Janet Reno seeking federal inter
veil I ion
(ionnellv said his office had lieen stmlving the
legal issues fur three or four months and was not
pressured to ai t
" This was not what I would 1 all a response to
any arm twisting by anybody (.onnelly said We
simply bad to complete our investigation and gel
authorization from the Juste e Department, vs huh
we did Friday "
State (Gambling Commission Director f rank
This was not what I would
call a response to any arm
twisting by anybody.'
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\t • • f V d s'ate (>!!;» sals Hi id- • '■ ■ •'!**<! ; " a f« *'
federal !• IIOI) til MV p ( Ottlpac • s > • :d\ • . * itr>!
with 10 trilxvs from failing apart
V\ «• re pleased the C S attorney has finailv
bt < >> i ght an ac ? n 'Mi 1 !er n d VY » • t: * ’pel
this will be resofved in the ;-.irts and in ver\ e\
M11 . ' tut ii ... • : • s
with limn other tribes
1 ‘lit* g«k «1 rmiit'Dl uited a ;e hd; m
Cuming Keg ilitor\ At! of 1s -.s': • ’ . slat'*
laws apply on Indian reservation. torso * •• Hod
Class III gambling when there is no < ntiip.it t with
the statn. assistant I Snth*• s |m>. Sh . \ *lv said
The tr:he t on tends a federal » ourt mlim; last
summer guv e Washington ■ ‘o'e !: d»es !h>* right to
uffe! Nevada st \ ie n.allihl. n,; <-U\ with m! ■ a*
gut biting «i tril>e stale c oinpac t
US District judge Kre'mming Nielsen. in a case
involving tin* (!nlv-ill** Confederated 1 rihes. ruled
last june that states < ould not < onstitutmnaHv hr
fort ed to 'in*,got late i otn pat ! s '.sat h Indian tribes
under the Indian Cammg Ac t
I he Spokanes interpreted that to mean a i otn
pact was not nec essarv to offer 11 it* ( lass 111. or
Nevada style game, games On Marc h '-in. .they
opened their >,000 square f(M>t c ustno as part of a
planned * • onotnit (lev eloptnent on the south
western 'Corner of their 1 million at re reservation
I he Colvilles with a 1 t million urereserva
tion. have umoum »*d plans to open twin asmos
June 1 I he YiiLim.i bribe also has announc ed t a
si no plans
Vietnam veterans
unite at convention
s.W !OSf ( ,iltf (Al’l \hmit ftOO Vietnamese and Amori
i !. v«i»»it*» of the Vietnam War gathered this weekend for a
t t■ ?1 ft*rt*n* i■ hi tied i% the first Li'^r si alt? meeting of thti two
groups
This is .1 meeting between friends." s.mi Maj Nguyen Quv
An. .i Violnamese helicopter pilot who lost liotli irms saving
U S soldiers
l ht> ru>'ii. many in uniform, mustered at the Vet to Vet (.on
tiirt'iu t- .11 a high si httol wtii'r" tht>\ talked, watched traditiun
,ii Vietnamese dam es hoard speec hos and ate \ iotnamese Itos
lunches.
i art Jensen, who was wounded hv a mine in into, said he
appret iatod tJio dances and foot!
"I vi isn't exposed to nun h of the culture." he aid of Ins war
evjH'rieni e We were there to find (tie V let <ding We didn't .;ot
III see !fie it,ones, the in iologV of the Vietnamese i ulltire
Ifespite the i ointnon hond of war. the two groups ms uili/ed
separately at the event on Saturdav
I wish there was a wav that we could mesh together said
Jensen I hope that will happen with more 'gatherings
the < onforeni e offered a t ham e for the \ uteraus from both
nations to d .si uss one another's trials and struggles under the
flag of freedom, s.iid former .South V ietnamese Army Maj
Nguyen Ntiu Duoi . chairman of the San Jose i hapler of the
Association of f tinner V ietnamese 1’olitu.ai Prisoners
It's a chance for us to share our emotional and ps\t liologi
i ,d experiences from the war he said We both spent our
youths in uniform."
Diux: said some U S stildiers fa< ed ms ial rejet lion and psy
chological problems after the war w hile many V ietnami'se sol
diers languished in 'rv odui ation” t amps
ken Cook, who did two tours of Vietnam while with the
Navy, agreed the Vietnamese soldier. 'went through more than
we did
"Maybe Ihe United States lost the war. but the Vietnamese
lost their country.” he said
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