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April 15, 2025

Fraud and Abuse by the Bureau of Indian Affairs exposed with a complaint filed in the D.C. Federal District Court:

California Residents Sue Feds Over Tribe's Federal Status, Casino By Crystal Owens Law360 (April 15, 2025, 6: 13 PM EDT) -- Three Plymouth, California, residents and a civil rights nonprofit have alleged in a suit that the federal government conspired to approve federal recognition, fee-to-trust and gaming applications for the Ione Band of Miwok Indians, questioning the constitutionality of the trust relationship between the U.S. and Indigenous nations. The Citizens Equal Rights Alliance Inc. and residents Dueward W. Cranford II, Jon Colburn and William P. Braun filed a complaint Monday in a D.C. federal district court to fight the Ione Band's federal recognition status as well as a decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior and other related agencies to take 228 acres into trust for the development of a casino in Amador County, California. Article allege as follows:

California Residents Sue-Over Tribes Federal Status

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