\nWe reached out to our Graton Rancheria brethren earlier this week to let them know about our plans. In fact, we offered them a partnership role in our project,” Beltran said. “Rather than responding in kind to the Koi Nation, they chose instead to reply through the media via a news release that regrettably paints an inaccurate picture of the Koi Nation.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Beltran added that when the Graton Rancheria tribe sought to establish its own tribal casino nearly a decade ago, the Koi Nation lent its support to the enterprise.<\/p>\n
“The Koi Nation asks for the same mutual respect as we seek the same road to economic independence on our land, in our historic area, from all those who are part of the larger tribal community,” Beltran declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A California tribe is accusing another Native American group of “reservation shopping.” The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, which owns and operates the Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, just south of Santa Rosa, made the complaint. They are none too thrilled to learn of the Koi Nation’s attempts to receive federal approval to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":186852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
California Tribe Levies 'Reservation Shopping' Accusation<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n