Possible Shoshone-Bannock Mountain Home casino A rendering of the proposed casino in Mountain Home under consideration by the Shoshone-Bannock tribe. Sign up to support Boise Dev’s journalism and get future stories in your inbox before anyone else. Governor Brad Little’s Press Secretary Madison Hardy could not be reached for comment by press time.Ī story BoiseDev members got first. Depending on how the process moves forward for each tribe, he may be in a position where he has to select between the two tribal governments which application to approve, both could move ahead or some other scenario in between. The process for approving an off-reservation casino involves approval from several groups and officials at multiple levels of government, including a thumbs up from Governor Brad Little. However, leaders did submit a letter of intent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to establish a gaming operation off of their reservation earlier this month. The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes have identified a different plot of land they’d like to purchase in Mountain Home, but they have not bought it. While the Shoshone-Bannock purchased a plot of 157 acres for its project and have renderings of the proposal, they appear to be awaiting a referendum vote from their tribe to move ahead with an application process through the Department of the Interior. The Shoshone-Paiute do not currently operate any casinos.Įach tribe is in a different place with their application process to construct the casino. The other proposal comes from the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes based on the Duck Valley reservation on the border between Idaho and Nevada. In the case of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Eastern Idaho, this would be their fourth casino, but its first off of tribal lands. Two different Native American tribal governments are pitching proposals to build a casino in Mountain Home near Interstate 84, one closer to the Treasure Valley and the other from Eastern Idaho. Treasure Valley residents who hope to visit a casino currently have to drive to destinations like Jackpot, Nevada, or Pendleton, Oregon.

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