Blue Chip Casino Comments on Michigan Legislature Approving Four Indian Casino Compacts.MICHIGAN CITY Michigan City, city (1990 pop. 33,822), La Porte co., NW Ind., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1836. Michigan City produces machinery, consumer articles, kitchen and transportation equipment, concrete and wire products, chemicals, apparel, and cast iron boilers. , Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 1998--According to Blue Chip officials, Blue Chip Casino Inc. is aware that the Michigan legislature The Michigan Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is organized as a bicameral institution consisting of the Senate, the upper house, and the House of Representatives, the lower house. has passed a resolution which approves compacts dated Jan. 29, 1997 between Michigan Governor John M. Engler and four Indian tribes, including the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians are Algonquian-speaking Potawatomi-people located in southwestern Michigan and northeastern Indiana. Tribal government functions are located in Dowagiac, Michigan. The tribal membership has grown to approximately 3,150 members as of 2006. (the "Pokagon Band") and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (NHBP) is a federally recognized Potawatomi Indian tribe. The Tribe received its federal recognition in 1996 and does not yet have any land in federal trust. Indians (the "Nottawaseppi Band"). The compacts would allow the Pokagon Band to operate a casino in one of four counties located in southwestern Michigan, and the Nottawaseppi Band to operate a casino in Calhoun County Calhoun County is the name of several counties in the United States of America, mostly named after Senator John C. Calhoun:
The effectiveness of the compacts is subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior of the United States. Published reports indicate that the Pokagon Band has selected a site to develop and operate a land-based casino in New Buffalo, Mich., approximately 10 miles northeast of Michigan City, Ind. Published reports indicate that the Nottawaseppi Band is considering sites in or near Battle Creek, Mich., approximately 100 miles northeast of Michigan City. |
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