Gaming Land Decisions

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Decision

Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians Decision

Guidiville Rancheria of California Decision

Elk Valley Rancheria Decision

Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians Decision

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe Decision

Big Lagoon Rancheria Decision

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Decision

Koi Nation of Northern California Shiloh Resort and Casino Project

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the potential environmental consequences of the Koi Nation of Northern California’s (Koi Nation) proposed fee-to-trust transfer of an approximately 68.6-acre parcel in unincorporated Sonoma County, California, adjacent to the Town of Windsor, for gaming purposes (Proposed Action). The Proposed Project includes the development of a casino, hotel, conference/event center, restaurant/bars, and supporting parking and infrastructure within the project site. The federal actions necessary to implement the Proposed Project trigger the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The BIA is the Lead Agency for compliance with NEPA.

The BIA previously conducted scoping and prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzed the potential environmental effects of the proposed action. The EA was made available for public comments and was the subject of a public meeting. Upon consideration of the public and agency comments received, prepared an EIS to further analyze the environmental effects which may result from the proposed action. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS was issued on March 8, 2024.

A Notice of Availability for the Draft EIS was issued on July 8, 2024, advising the public that the BIA filed the Draft EIS with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in connection with the Proposed Action. Publication of Notice of Availability by the EPA in the Federal Register on July 12, 2024, officially initiated a 45-day comment period on the Draft EIS that concluded on August 26, 2024. A virtual public hearing was held on July 30, 2024.

The BIA reviewed the comments received on the Draft EIS and prepared a Final EIS, which includes responses to the comments received on the Draft EIS (Appendix P of the Final EIS). The Notice of Availability of the Final EIS was published in the Federal Register on November 22, 2024.

The Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire the 68.6-acre property into federal trust for the Koi Nation for gaming and other purposes on January 13, 2025, and subsequently issued a Record of Decision, which was made available on this website on January 17, 2025.

On September 30, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Northern California, declared the Department of the Interior's (Department) January 13, 2025, decision to acquire in trust 68.60 acres, more or less, of land known as the Shiloh Parcel in Sonoma County, California, for the Koi Nation of Northern California for gaming and other purposes, invalid and vacated the subsequent trust land acquisition announced in the Federal Register on January 17, 2025, 90 FR 5980. FINAL JUDGMENT, ECF No. 155, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, v. United States Department of the Interior, et al. No. 3:24-cv-8582 (N.D. Cal 2025). Consistent with that order, the Department has removed the 68.60 acres, more or less, of land known as the Shiloh Parcel in Sonoma County, California, from trust status and reconveying all right, title and interest in the property back to Sonoma Rose LLC., in fee simple. The Department announced the Reversal of Land Acquisition on April 2, 2026, 91 FR 16721.

Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians Reconsideration Decision

Reconsideration decision of the May 25, 2012 decision.

Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians Decision

Reconsideration requested. See September 19, 2013 Decision.

Tejon Indian Tribe Two-Part Secretarial Determination

Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut Decision

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Decision

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana Decision

Kickapoo Tribe of Indian of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas Decision

Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma Decision

Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe Decision

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Decision

Affirming September 18, 2015 decision following litigation in Littlefieldv. United States Dep 't of Interior, 199 F. Supp. 3d 391, 396 (D. Mass. 2016), aff'd sub nom. Littlefield v. Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, 951 F.3d 30 (1st Cir. 2020).

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians Decision

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Decision

The Department approved the application in 2011. In 2013, the Governor of Michigan did not concur.

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Decision

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Decision

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Decision

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Decision

Departmental approval May 9, 2000; Governor's Concurrence November 7, 2000.