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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
August 31, 2016
Around Indian Country
Appeal planned against Cowlitz
The Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde plan to ap-
peal a court ruling on the
Cowlitz Tribal casino to the
U.S. Supreme Court.
The Grand Ronde plan to
appeal a ruling that allows the
Cowlitz to build a casino 15
miles north of the Portland-
Vancouver metropolitan area.
Unlike earlier appeals at
lower court, though, the
Grand Ronde may be the
only party to the appeal.
Earlier appeals included
other opponents who appar-
ently may not participate in
the case that could go to the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Construction of the
Cowlitz’ Ilani Resort and Ca-
sino is already well under way,
Guilty plea
in Shoshone-
Bannock case
Cody Ray Blackman,
33, of Salem, pleaded
guilty recently in U.S.
District Court to the
theft of money from
the Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes.
Blackman was in-
dicted by the federal
grand jury in Pocatello
a year ago.
He was previously
employed by the
Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes as the manager
of the Shoshone-
Bannock Hotel Events
Center.
and is scheduled to open in
April.
The location is along In-
terstate 5 north of Ridgefield
and west of La Center.
The city of Vancouver was
an opponent, but has
dropped out of the lawsuit
against the tribe. Clark
County may end its involve-
ment as well, leaving the
Grand Ronde, the group Citi-
zens Against Reservation
Shopping, and a group of La
Center cardrooms.
Whether these last two
opponents would participate
in the appeal to the Supreme
Court was not yet determined
as of recently.
The U.S. Supreme Court
takes a small fraction of the
cases that are brought up on
appeal. And even if the Su-
preme Court decides to hear
the case, a ruling is unlikely
before Ilani opens. An injunc-
tion is a remote possibility.
The Grand Ronde said it
would not have challenged
the Cowlitz if a reservation
had been chosen closer to the
tribe’s “traditional home-
lands” 60 miles north. In
other words, farther from the
Portland metro than Spirit
Mountain.
A decade ago the Grand
Ronde opposed the Confed-
erated Tribes of War m
Springs’ plan to build a ca-
sino at Cascade Locks.
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