The Forest County Potawatomi tribe has been fighting the Kenosha proposal for years, fearing it would cut into business at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino near Miller Park. Soon after Corn received word of the feds' approval, the Menominee launched a website - that urges people to contact Walker and 'Please ask Governor Walker to say YES.' 'The Creator was looking kindly at us today. 'I said, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you,'' Corn said. The tribe has been trying to open a casino at the now-shuttered Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha since the mid-1990s. Scott Walker, who has veto power over the project.Ĭraig Corn, Menominee tribal chairman, said he was told his tribe's application was approved Friday afternoon in an unexpected call from Kevin Washburn, Interior Department assistant secretary for Indian affairs. Interior Department - an action that immediately sparked lobbying efforts aimed at Gov. The Menominee tribe's plans for an off-reservation Indian casino in Kenosha were approved Friday by the U.S.
