January will end without the small, temporary, preview casino promised by the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, but tribes are still concerned about the group’s involvement in Vallejo.
The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, the Lytton Rancheria of California, and the United Auburn Indian Community sent out a joint statement on Friday expressing “serious concern” with the temporary preview casino even though the U.S. Department of the Interior continues an active reconsideration of the project’s gaming eligibility.
The tribes said that “any move to proceed at this time would come despite a clear warning from the federal court overseeing the matter that Scotts Valley would be ‘ill-served’ by relying on the temporary restoration of gaming eligibility while the Department completes its reconsideration, which the Court has directed be conducted expeditiously and thoroughly.”
