For McCain and Team, a Host of Ties to Gambling ...“One of the founding fathers of Indian gaming”

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On the Senate floor after the bill's passage, Mr. McCain said he personally opposed Indian gambling, but when impoverished communities “are faced with only one option for economic development, and that is to set up gambling on their reservations, then I cannot disapprove.”

 

GRBOI Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) hearing transcripts

TESTIMONY OF RON YOB, CHAIRMAN GRAND RIVER BANDS OF OTTAWA INDIANS
Hearing on S. 1058
The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act
Before the
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
September 25, 2008...

 

Senate committee to take up four recognition bills

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will take up four tribal recognition bills at a hearing on Thursday.The hearing focuses on S. 1058, the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act; S. 724, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2007; S. 514, the Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act; and H.R. 1294, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2007.

Grand River Band of Ottawas before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee

The SCIA will hold a hearing Thursday on several recognition bills, including the Grand River...