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No movement on LR Port understanding with Quapaw tribe

The Little Rock Port Authority has been working for a year on a memorandum of understanding with the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma about the tribe's use of ancestral land purchased near the port. The memorandum has been drafted and the tribe has agreed to its terms. But the board of the Port Authority still hasn't adopted it.
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Little Rock Port adopts growth plan

The board of the Little Rock Port Authority today adopted what it called its first comprehensive strategic growth plan, devised by Boyette Strategic Advisors. Coincidentally, we've also learned of progress on a memorandum of understanding with the Quapaw Tribe about land it has acquired near the port.
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Idaho shuts down "instant racing" slot machines

Idaho, unlike Arkansas, knows a gambling machine when it sees one. It has outlawed the instant racing machines pioneered by Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs as illegal gambling.

The open line, news video and news: Rape at Hendrix; 'Dixie' out, Wabash Cannonball in; Quapaw harvest purple hulls

An open line, news video and news: A rape at Hendrix apartment; a fight song swap in Forth Smith; a purple hull pea harvest.
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Quapaw Tribe chair responds to Gov. Hutchinson's opposition to Arkansas land proposal

John Berrey, chairman of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, has taken numerous exceptions to statements made by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in opposing the tribe's application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to place 160 recently acquired acres in Pulaski County into trust, for greater control by the tribe. The letter includes the strongest assurances yet that the tribe has no plans, now or in the future, for a casino on the property.

Four congressmen fight Quapaw tribe's land request

White man still knows what's best for Indians. Four members of the Arkansas congressional delegation — Sens. Tom Cotton and John Boozman and Reps. French Hill and Bruce Westerman — have joined other local officials in laughable objections to the Quapaw tribe's proposal to put ancestral lands it purchased in Pulaski County in trust, which would give the tribe autonomy over its use. Gov. Asa Hutchinson and County Judge Barry Hyde also have objected.
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Quapaws respond to local resistance to plans for Pulaski land; blame Oaklawn

Quapaw tribe tells federal officials — again — it has no plans for casino on 160 acres it wants to put into trust east of Little Rock and blames Oaklawn Park for stirring up opposition for fear it might be a potential gambling competitor.

LR Port Authority wants concession from Quapaws

The Little Rock Port Authority board voted today to weigh in on the Quapaw Tribe's application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to put its 160 acres on Thibault Road in trust for the tribe. On a motion by Greg Joslin, the board agreed to issue a statement to be given to the B.I.A. by May 4. Pulaski County has a May 13 deadline to comment on the application.
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Quapaw leader talks to Little Rock Board about land purchase

John Berrey, chairman of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, made an unscheduled appearance before the Little Rock City Board this afternoon to talk about the tribe's recent purchase of 160 acres near the Little Rock Port and its application to make it trust land, and thus exempt from local government taxation and control.

Local 'leaders' fuss about Quapaw plans for a casino

Local officials are suddenly worried that an Oklahoma Indian tribe might build a casino east of Little Rock near the Little Rock Port. Why do they hate economic development?
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Little Rock Port hires consultant for strategic planning

The Little Rock Port Authority Board has approved a $73,600 contract with Boyette Strategic Advisors to develop a strategic growth plan for the Port of Little Rock for the next five to 10 years, the port announced in a news release. I have a better free idea.

Quapaw chief confirms casino a Little Rock possibility

The chief of the Quapaw tribe confirms that a casino is among the possible uses of 160 acres of land the Oklahoma-based tribe recently purchased in Little Rock. The land also has immense ancestral significance.
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