Tribal Lands

Native American tribes are already permitted to build casinos on reservations or designated land. This is simply because the American government has extremely limited authority over these lands. In Arizona, Navajo reservations often have casinos and gambling establishments. The problem arises when tribes begin to claim that previously developed or historically "white" land is acutally theirs. For instance, one tribe claims that the entire city of Massillon is sacred tribal land, and have filed suit in court. Other cases involve smaller plots or tracts of land, but with the same shaky premises. Tribal leaders generally want to secure these lands to build such establishments as casinos and the like. I would suggest that the Florida case was probaby related to a bogus Indian land claim, not casinos themselves. Perhaps the Seminole tribe already had a casino in a remote location and wanted to profit by building one near a urban area. Doubtful that any constitutional rights where being violated.