Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Anishinaabemowin
“Education”
Mino-ayaawin
“Being well”
Akiing Wenjikamagang
“That which comes from the land”
Anishinaabe Anokiiwinan
“Businesses/works”
Tribal Enterprises
Ogimaawiwin Anokiiwin
“Governance work/operations”
Anokiiwin
“Work”
Ge-aabajitoong
“Things to be used”
Bakaan Gegoo
“Other things”
Timeline
Chronological Highlights
August 2000
Initial contact with the city of Shullsburg, Wisconsin regarding the development of an off-reservation casino site
Tribal Resolution No 433(00) to pursue an off-reservation gaming operation in the Shullsburg area
September 2000
- Initial feasibility study for a casino in Shullsburg completed
- IGA signed with Lafayette County providing for a 4 million annual payment, one million of which will go to Shullsburg
- Negotiations begin for the purchase of 93 acres of land
- Tribe completes Environmental Assessment (EA), no adverse impacts noted.
- Separate Air Quality and Traffic studies commissioned
November 2000
Tribe signs offer to purchase land. Resolution 677(00) Compact negotiations begin in Madison
February 2001
Governor Thompson leaves office, Governor McCallum ends all compact negotiations regarding off-reservation gaming. McCallum rejects the approved Hudson off reservation casino application
September 2001
Shullsburg Fee to Trust Application submitted to BIA
November 2001
Governor Doyle replaces Governor McCallum. Doyle position on off-reservation gaming is that he will not make a decision until an approved application is on his desk
October 2004
Klas Robinson feasibility study completed
December 2004
Tribe purchases Shullsburg property - 93 acres for $357,000 Rettler Corporation completes Master Planning/Design for site
March 2007
Feasibility Study updated by Michigan Consultants
January 2008
Interior Department changes the off-reservation trust land approval process by issuing a New "Guidance Memorandum". One day later the Shullsburg Application is denied.
June 2011
Interior Department rescinds the off-reservation Guidance Memorandum
December 2011
A formal work group to reconsider the Shullsburg casino project is formed
March 2012
Tribe authorizes the submission of a new Shullsburg casino Fee to Trust Application Resolution 62(12)
April 2012
Klas Robinson commissioned to create a new Shullsburg casino feasibility study Resolution 168(12)
July 2012
Klas Robinson Shullsburg Feasibility Study completed, presented to Tribal Council
September 2012
Tribal Referendum, Tribe votes to move forward with Shullsburg casino project
Novemeber 2012
Tribal Environmental Team completes Phase 1 Contamination Survey at proposed casino site
December 2012
Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for project completed
Tribe petitions City of Shullsburg for full annexation of it's Shullsburg acreage
January 2013
Revised facility recommendations developed and formalized
February 2013
Shullsburg site surveys completed
New project renderings completed by RSP Architects
Tribal Unmet Needs Study (Sustainable Futures Analysis) completed
March 2013
25 CFR 151 Application For Trust Acquisition delivered to Bureau of Indian Affairs. (BIA)
April 2013
25 CFR 292 Two-Part Secretarial Determination application delivered to BIA
Tribe hosts public information meetings on casino project in Shullsburg
Formal Environmental Impact Statement process begins, Atkins Global Inc. representing Tribe
June 2013
Annexation of Shullsburg acreage into City of Shullsburg city limits completed
July 2013
BIA publishes Notice in Federal Register that the public comment period for the Shullsburg project
EIS is August 1- 30. The related Public Scoping Meeting is scheduled for August 15 in Shullsburg
August 15, 2013
BIA hosts Public Scoping Meeting For Shullsburg Casino in Shullsburg
January 2014
Final Scoping Report issued and added to the Shullsburg Casino Fee to Trust Land Application administrative record
March 2014
Intergovernmental and Development Agreements between the Tribe and City of Shullsburg are signed