I just think it is not an appropriate thing for us to approve, or to allow a tribe, this one in Oklahoma, to acquire this land and put a casino on what has been a tribal ancestral burial ground. I think it is sacrilegious for that to occur. What we seek by this amendment is very narrow, and that is that this tract will remain a burial ground and that it will not be used for a casino.
Discussing an amendment regarding land use by the Kansas Wyandot Indians and a proposed casino.
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