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25 wrz 2024 · The Wind Creek Casino and Hotel overlooking the Coosa River is seen on Feb. 25, 2024, in Wetumpka, Ala., where the Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation contends Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians broke their legal promise to preserve a historic Muscogee site when they acquired it in 1980.
- Appeals court hears arguments in fight between 2 tribes over Alabama ...
The Muscogee Nation argued that the Alabama tribal officials...
- Appeals court revives lawsuit in fight between 2 tribes over Alabama casino
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a judge’s...
- Appeals court hears arguments in fight between 2 tribes over Alabama ...
A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit filed by one Native American tribe over another’s construction of a casino on what they said is historic and sacred land.
26 wrz 2024 · The site is owned by Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians, a separate tribal nation that shares ancestry with the Muscogee, and that built one of its successful Wind Creek casinos on...
25 wrz 2024 · The Muscogee Nation contends that Alabama’s Poarch Creeks do not have historic ties to Hickory Ground and illegally excavated the remains of Muscogee ancestors to build the $246 million casino.
26 wrz 2024 · The Muscogee Nation argued that the Alabama tribal officials broke a legal promise to protect the site when they acquired it with the help of a historic preservation grant and instead excavated the remains of 57 Muscogee ancestors to build a casino.
24 wrz 2024 · The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Wednesday in the Muscogee Nation’s appeal of the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the construction of Wind Creek Casino in Wetumpka. The dispute is between the tribe and Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
12 paź 2024 · The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a judge’s decision that dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation over the constriction of the casino in Alabama.
