WASTHINGTON ? The Obama administration has approved 541 land trust applications for Native American tribes over the last two years, three of which were for gaming.
Interior Department Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk says most of the land placed in federal trust has been quality-of-life issues. Of the 541, 89 were for housing, 191 for agriculture, 47 for economic development and 211 for cemeteries, courts, health, child, education and law enforcement facilities. They were approved from Oct. 1, 2009 through September 2011.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that the federal government can't take land into federal trust for tribes not under its jurisdiction in 1934. Many tribes want Congress to restore the secretary's authority but efforts have been hindered by critics concerned about gaming.
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