Article: Tribes' Land Buy Signals Intent for Hood River, Ore.-Area Casino.

By Stu Watson, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 20--HOOD RIVER, Ore.--The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in the last month have spent $1.5 million to buy 202 acres adjacent to their proposed casino site just east of Hood River.

Dennis Karnopp, a Bend attorney for the tribes, says the purchases are "a fairly strong indication of tribal commitment to build a casino" on its trust land near Hood River.

The purchases are only the latest move in a chess game that is far from finished. A majority of Hood River-area residents staunchly oppose the casino. To open a casino and support facilities on adjacent land, ...

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