{"id":87692,"date":"2018-09-10T07:47:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T14:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=87692"},"modified":"2018-09-10T17:55:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T00:55:52","slug":"doi-reverses-decision-on-mashpee-wampanaoag-tribal-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/doi-reverses-decision-on-mashpee-wampanaoag-tribal-land\/","title":{"rendered":"DOI Reverses Decision on Mashpee Wampanaoag Tribal Land, Stripping Tribe of Sovereignty and $1 Billion Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Mashpee Wampanaoag tribe has been dealt a devastating blow in its bid to build a $1 billion casino in Taunton, Massachusetts. On Friday, the US Department of the Interior ruled that it could not hold land in trust for the tribe, reversing a decision made by the Obama administration in 2015.<\/p>\n