Mechoopda
- April 13, 2018: BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, APPELLANT v. JONODEV OSCEOLA CHAUDHURI, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, ET AL.,
- Secretary reconsidered the issue and again held that the Chico parcel constitutes “restored lands.” The Court has upheld the Secretary’s determination.
- June 15, 2017: NOTICE OF APPLICATION .21 ac. fee to trust
- Jan. 30, 2017: Butte County v NIGC
- Feb. 27, 2014: Federal Register Correction on land acquisition
- SUMMARY: This document makes a technical correction to the acreage estimate and the land description contained in the notice published on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 79 FR 6917. The notice concerns the final agency determination to acquire approximately 626.55 acres of land in trust for the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria of California for gaming and other purposes.
- Feb. 24, 2014: Federal Register - Notice of Final Agency Determination
- Eligible for Gaming
- Feb. 5, 2014: Notice of Final Agency Action - Land Acquisition
- Jan. 24, 2014: Letter to Chairman Martinez from Asst. Secretary Washburn
- Jan. 24, 2014: Asst. Sec. Washburn Press Release
- Gaming Approved for Mechoopda in Chico
- May 17, 2013: Governor Brown Comments on Mechoopda 645 acres FTT
- April 1, 2013: Mechoopda 645.20 acres Notice of Gaming Application
- March 19, 2004: Fee to Trust Application
- Application submitted in 2004 -- reactivated April 1, 2013
- July 13, 2010: Butte County v NIGC and Sec. of Interior
- The Department of the Interior's Indian Lands Determination is not based on any reasoned decisionmaking! For this reason and all reason discussed, we set aside the Secretary' final action to take the Tribe's land into trust.
- Sept. 14, 2009: Butte County v. NIGC
- Appeal from the United States Court for the District of Columbia in Case No. 08CN00519
- August 2009: Station Casinos and Mechoopda Development Agreement
- This has just come to light. Note the Tribes attorney is paid by the Developer and there are $50,000.00 bonuses for the tribe when certain goals are achieved.
- April 2009 Judge Kennedy's Order
- April 2009 Kennedy's Judgment
- Nov. 2008 Notice of Gaming Application
- Oct. 2008 Butte Co. v Chairman Hogen
- March 2008 Butte Co v Chairman Hogen
- May 2006 Fish and Wild Life
- Jan. 2006: Mechoopda Indian Tribe
- Dr. Stephen Dow Beckham ethno-historic report on the history of the tribe.
- March 2003 Mechoopda NIGC land determination
- Sept. 1997 "finding no significant impact"
- July 1997: BIA request a lands determination
- Feb. 1997 Sutter BOS ltr on 240 ac. site
- Jan. 16. 1992: Stipulation Entry of Judgment and Order Chico Rancheria
- August 18, 1976: BIAs Title Evidence Chico Rancheria
- June 2, 1967: Fed Reg Chico Rancheria Notice of Termination
- Jan. 7, 1962: Mechoopda Tribe Assoc Articles of Association
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