| 12/30/2003 - Casino Operator Gives Massacre Site to Indians Colorado (Indian gaming) - Kit Miniclier, Denver Post - A Colorado gambling entrepreneur has given the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma the deed to the heart of the Sand Creek Massacre site 180 miles southeast of Denver. But it will literally take another act of Congress, and perhaps the purchase of more land, before the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site becomes a reality, National Park Service spokesman Rick Frost said Monday.
Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., reached on a motorcycle trip in Arizona, said Monday he would be happy to sponsor the needed legislation if requested by the new deed holders.
Jim Druck, president of Southwest Casino & Hotel Corp., bought it for $1.5 million in April 2002.
Druck, who operates two casinos for tribes to which he gave the deed, is negotiating with government officials for a third tribal casino. A resident of Pine, Druck also owns three casinos in Cripple Creek - the Gold Rush, Gold Digger and Uncle Sam's.
Source: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E1859755,00.html |