In its three-decade bid to win approvals to open a casino in Kenosha, the Menominee tribe Friday expressed its “optimism for the road ahead” under the new Trump administration.
“We are hopeful that Bureau of Indian Affairs will determine the project is beneficial to both the Menominee and the Kenosha Community,” Menominee chairman Joey Awonohopay wrote in the memo emailed to the news media.
Off-reservation casinos are required to win federal and state approval before they can open.
Awonohopay concluded the memo stating, “Together, we can bring this project to life and deliver lasting benefits for Kenosha, the state of Wisconsin, and the Menominee Indian Tribe.”
