“This letter is just another attempt to delay the project,” communications director Ray Doering told The Mail Tribune in response to the Cow Creek Band's request. The casino will be restricted to the original 2.42 acres, a spokesperson said, although another 45 acres have been acquired in recent years. The Coquille Tribe denies the claims as baseless. 'It appears that Coquille has grossly misrepresented to federal, state and local governments the actual scope and scale of its proposed Medford gaming facility,' the Cow Creek chairman wrote in a February 21 letter to Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs John Tahsuda, The Mail Tribune reported. But after The Medford Mail Tribune reported about the Coquille Tribe's purchases of additional land near the site,Ĭhairman Dan Courtney asked for a meeting with the Trump administration. The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians has long opposed the proposal out of fear it will impact its Seven Feathers Casino Resort. Plans call for a Class II gaming facility, to be known as Cedars at Bear Creek, on the land.

The tribe started the land-into-trust process for the 2.42-acre site in Medford more than four years ago. The Coquille Tribe isn't worried about a rival's effort to derail a long-awaited casino decision in Oregon.

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