Photo: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, by Deb Haaland, Wikimedia Commons
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Biden Administration hosts its final White House 2024 Tribal Nations Summit, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians urged the Biden Administration to honor its commitment to Tribal Sovereignty and Tribal Consultation as a wave of applications for off-reservation casinos remain pending and the voices of Tribes in opposition continue to be ignored.
The Cow Creek Umpqua, along with more than 30 other Tribes, Oregon Senators Wyden and Merkley, California’s Governor and Senators, Congressman Bentz, more than 20 additional members of Congress have been urging the Administration and Secretary Haaland to understand the irreversible consequences for Indian country by approving Oregon’s first off-reservation casino and others throughout the West Coast.
