Native American activists will continue their fight against the $246 million expansion of a casino in Wetumpka operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians with demonstrations on Saturday. Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma and some Poarch Creeks have said the land in Wetumpka where the casino is being expanded is sacred [...]
The Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to try to stop the $246 million expansion of the casino the Poarch Creek Indians operate in Wetumpka, which the Muscogee Creeks believe is being built on sacred land. The Muscogee Creeks, who filed the lawsuit in federal court in Montgomery, claim the Poarch [...]
Not unexpectedly, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians did not stop construction long at the site of the $246 million expansion of its Wetumpka casino. Poarch Creek leaders said Wednesday that they had reached an impasse after a meeting this week with members of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma over the future of the [...]
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has agreed to stop construction of its planned 20-story hotel and casino in Wetumpka. According to statements from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and the Muscogee Nation of Creek Indians, which fought expansion of the casino, construction halted at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief George [...]