Bitter Casino Dispute Between Tribes to Be Heard
"They dug up my ancestors, put them in boxes, and built a casino directly on top of my family's burial ground."
A bitter fight between two tribes over sacred land where one built a casino
Oce Vpofv, or Hickory Ground, was a town, a ceremonial site, burial ground, and the last tribal capital before the Muscogee people were forcibly removed from the Southeast to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears.
Appeals court hears arguments in fight between 2 tribes over Alabama casino built on ‘sacred' land
An appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments in a long-running dispute between two federally recognized tribes over one’s construction of a casino on Alabama land that the other says is a sacred site.
Casino built on Native American burial site spurs appellate dispute between tribes
The Muscogee Creek Nation says the Poarch Band Creek Indians unlawfully desecrated a historical site in Alabama.
Alabama casino built on ‘sacred site’ at center of dispute in federal court
Hickory Ground in Wetumpka was the sacred site and capital of the Muscogee Creek before federal troops forced the tribe to walk 800 miles to Oklahoma as part of the Trail of Tears.
A bitter fight between 2 tribes over sacred Alabama land where 1 built a casino
Today in its place, the Wind Creek Casino and Hotel rises 20 stories above the winding river. The development is at the center of a long-simmering dispute between two tribal nations. The Muscogee Nation are descendants of people who called the land home and Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians is a separate tribal nation that shares ancestry with the Muscogee and built the casino after gaining ownership of the site.
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Bitter Fight Between 2 Tribes Over Sacred Land Where One Built a Casino
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