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Jul202004
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 08:49PM
An attorney for the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma asked a federal judge
Monday to force the state of Kansas to return cash and gambling
machines seized when officials shut down a tribal casino in Kansas
City. The hearing was the latest episode in a legal battle over the
tribe's efforts to operate casino gambling in Kansas despite opposition
from the state and four other tribes that have their own casinos.
Although the Wyandottes' headquarters are in Oklahoma, the tribe has
Kansas roots going back to the 19th century. [more]