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Feds Deny Indian Casino Near Richmond, Approve One In Amador County

RICHMOND (AP) — Federal officials have rejected a Native American tribe's plans to build a casino near the Bay Area city of Richmond.

The U.S. Department of Interior said on Friday that the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians had not demonstrated a significant historical connection to the proposed casino site.

The tribe had its federal recognition restored in 1991. Although it is currently headquartered about 80 miles away in Lake County, the site near Richmond would have been its first reservation.

Tribal officials had argued that their ancestral lands included the Richmond site. But federal officials say they failed to demonstrate that.

The Department of Interior on Friday did approve the application of the Ione Band of Miwok Indians for a casino in Amador County.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.)

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