"The Sept. 22 ruling, which finalizes a determination made by the same judge earlier in the month, was a significant legal victory for the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, whose fight against a potential rival for in the gaming business - roughly 11 miles north of their own Graton Resort & Casino near Rohnert Park, the Bay Area's largest gaming complex - had escalated in the past year."
""The Koi Nation has fought for generations for a land base upon which to secure a future for the Koi people," the tribe said in a written statement to The Press Democrat. The "order removing our restored homeland from trust status is deeply disappointing, though our resolve is unwavering: we will continue to fight for justice through our appeal to the Ninth Circuit."
A federal judge ordered a 68-acre parcel for the Koi Nation of Northern California stripped of its trust status, halting the tribe's four-year effort to build a major casino bordering Windsor in Sonoma County. The Sept. 22 ruling finalized an earlier determination and was a legal victory for the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, who opposed a potential rival roughly 11 miles north of their Graton Resort & Casino near Rohnert Park. The Koi Nation called the order deeply disappointing and announced plans to appeal to the Ninth Circuit. The Koi asserted that the original federal land-into-trust decision was supported by extensive technical, scientific, and historical evidence. Judge Rita F. Lin had earlier found that the U.S. Department of the Interior had "railroaded the (Graton) tribe at every turn" in approving the Koi land-into-trust request.
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