Tribe pursues land claim in federal court - 2004-01-16
In an unsuccessful attempt to gain legislative authorization to operate slot machines in Pennsylvania, an Oklahoma tribe filed a federal lawsuit yesterday to reclaim 315 acres of ancestral tribal land in Northampton County.
The lawsuit - which claims the land was stolen from the Delaware Nation over 200 years ago - is the tribe's first of many efforts to secure land rights in Pennsylvania and, as a result, the right to establish a casino in the state.
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