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Bankrolled by an aggressive casino investor, the 17-member Big Lagoon Rancheria is acquiring more than 130 acres of adjacent wooded land for development.

The Thursday ruling makes it possible for the Big Lagoon Rancheria to proceed with its project for the construction of a Las Vegas-styled casino. The proposal only needs to receive one final approval from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. The tribe has been pushing for the authorization of a casino since 2007. Federal Court Decision Clears Way For Big Lagoon Rancheria ... Construction of the Big Lagoon casino was halted in the late 1990s. | Source. After years of negotiations and legal battles with the state and federal governments, Big Lagoon Rancheria has won the ... Big Lagoon Rancheria v. State of California - Law360 Big Lagoon Rancheria v. State of California. ... for a proposed Big Lagoon Rancheria casino doesn't resolve all land-into-trust and federal recognition problems tribes face, but scotches a ...

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The Big Lagoon Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Yurok and Tolowa Indians. They are located in Humboldt County, California, and their tribal headquarters is in Arcata, California.The tribe was first recognized by the US federal government on 10 July 1918. Tribal enrollment is based on a m... Big Lagoon Rancheria | Revolvy Government The tribe was first recognized by the US federal government on 10 July 1918.[3] Tribal enrollment is based on a minimum of 1/8 blood quantum and lineal descent from the Plan of Distribution on the Assets of the Big Lagoon Rancheria, created January 3, 1968.[4] The tribe has 24 enrolled...

Robinson Rancheria Resort & Casino is a Native American Casino in Nice, California and is open daily 24 hours. The casino's 93,000 square foot gaming space features 650 gaming machines and ten table and poker games. The property has two restaurants and hotel with forty-eight rooms.

Jun 15, 2000 ... The Trinidad Rancheria Cher-Ae Heights Casino, now in its 12th year of operation and ... They've had some internal conflicts within the tribe itself. ... Proposed entrance to the Big Lagoon Casino. ... Chartin Road, for instance, a narrow, pot-holed lane that runs from Blue Lake Boulevard to the Tribal Council ... Gamble on Big Lagoon - North Coast Journal Bankrolled by an aggressive casino investor, the 17-member Big Lagoon Rancheria is acquiring more than 130 acres of adjacent wooded land for development.

Aug 29, 2014 ... Tribes, tribal organizations and the Department of Justice have submitted briefs in hopes of preventing land acquisitions from being challenged ...

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The two parties had been in long disagreement regarding Big Lagoon’s plans to build a casino on an eleven acre site. The casino was to be built on land that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) bought in trust for the Big Lagoon tribe in 1994. The Ninth Circuit held that Big Lagoon tribe was not under federal jurisdiction in 1934. Big Lagoon Rancheria - Wikipedia The Big Lagoon Rancheria was established in 1918. Their 20-acre (81,000 m 2) reservation is adjacent to Big Lagoon, a beautiful waterway, located 30 miles (48 km) north of Eureka, California. It also lies adjacent to the unincorporated community of Big Lagoon, California. Eight households reside on the reservation.