Last week the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Tara Katuk Sweeney approved the fee-to-trust application for the for the Tule River Indian Tribe to relocate Eagle Mountain Casino to Porterville.
The fee-to-trust application was the final step in the process and now clears the way for the relocated Eagle Mountain Casino to be built on a 40-acre site on Tule River Tribe land near the Porterville Airport. As part of the process the Department of Interior also approved the Tribal State Compact between the state and the Tule River Tribe, which took effect on December 11.
The Tule River Tribe submitted its fee-to-trust application in September 2016 and has spent 20 years preparing for the relocation of Eagle Mountain Casino.