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Smokey613 wrote:

thatguyoverthere wrote:There is one place north east of Houston - the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation. I don't know any of the history or how it came about or anything like that.

Interestingly, though, they did have a casino there for a while. I know because my wife and I were there visiting at the time. This was long ago (20-30 years?). I think it was shortly after the Oklahoma tribes' casinos started up. I guess the Texas tribe figured they would get in on the action, too.

Didn't last long, though (literally only a couple of months as I recall). The Texas AG shut them down. Again, don't know any of the details, just remembering...

If I am not mistaken, I think they have re-opened their casino.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama ... e_of_Texas

I am a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation. I even vote in our tribal elections by absentee ballot due to not living on tribal nation land. Our police are called the Lighthorse Police. I hate to say I have not visited in a long time.

https://www.mcn-nsn.gov

https://www.mcn-nsn.gov/services/lighthorse-police/

Wow, Smokey. I read through some of the history in the links. What a mess! They had a reservation, then the Feds terminated the reservation and turned administration over the Texas, but then the Texas AG said the Texas Constitution prohibited that, so then the Feds had to restore reservation status, but it included gambling, but Texas prohibits gambling, so the Feds had to re-do the restoration again to exclude gambling, then the tribe took them to court to be recognized the same as all other tribes so they could have gambling (and apparently got temporary court approval?), and now they're working to get Texas legislation passed to give them permanent permission to have gambling on the reservation. Or something like that anyway. Sheesh!!! Wears me out just reading about it!

But anyway, looks like you and JustSomeOldGuy are correct in that they apparently do currently have gambling ("gaming") on their reservation, at least for now. Bottom line for me, though, is simply that I'm not a gambler, so I never kept up with the situation shortly after we happened to be there and hearing a little about it those many years ago.

But good luck to them (y'all). I hope it all gets worked out. Looks like it's been dragging on for a loooooong time!

Sorry, Venus Pax. Didn't mean to highjack your thread. I think we can officially call this horse dead. Now maybe we can get back to your original topic!

There is one place north east of Houston - the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation. I don't know any of the history or how it came about or anything like that.

Interestingly, though, they did have a casino there for a while. I know because my wife and I were there visiting at the time. This was long ago (20-30 years?). I think it was shortly after the Oklahoma tribes' casinos started up. I guess the Texas tribe figured they would get in on the action, too.

Didn't last long, though (literally only a couple of months as I recall). The Texas AG shut them down. Again, don't know any of the details, just remembering...

It's difficult to make a blanket statement of how it would be handled since there are many different reservations in many states and each tribe is independent of the other.

The website http://handgunlaw.us/# has some good resources on multiple Indian Nations in multiple states (look under "Indian Nations" in the top banner on the website home page).

Here's part of the opinion of the editorial staff at Handgunlaw.us (and note this is just their opinion - no better or worse than the opinion of anyone else posting here in this thread):

Tribal Law only applies to those who live on the Reservation. If you are carrying a firearm with a permit/license that is valid in the state the reservation is located in that permit/license may not be valid on the Reservation. They will most likely take the firearm and tell you that you can go to Tribal Court to get it back. Some say as long as you stay on the state roads through a Reservation you are OK but some Tribes ordinances state you can’t carry a firearm in a vehicle or on the roads on their Reservation.

Handgunlaw.us recommends before carrying on any Reservation that you actually talk to those in charge and preferably get something in writing that your permit/license is valid on their reservation. Otherwise keep it unloaded and secured in your trunk or locked box in the back of a vehicle that does not have a trunk.

Right or wrong, I've just referenced them as another source for you to consider. Take it for what it's worth.