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resided on such tribe's reservation. In 1982, petitioner entered
into a lease with the Prairie Island Tribal Council (tribal
council) wherein petitioner leased from the tribal council 270
acres of the tribe's reservation for purposes of farming. The
lease was for a term of 25 years. Over the entire tract of
leased land, petitioner raised corn, soybeans, wheat, winter
wheat, buckwheat, and seed corn. Petitioner installed various
irrigation equipment over portions of the property.
In 1983, the tribal council began carrying out plans to
build a bingo hall and a casino on a portion of petitioner's
leased land. Pursuant thereto, the tribal council requested that
petitioner cease his farming operations on a specified 10-acre
portion of the land leased to petitioner; the tribal council
intended to use that 10 acres for the building and operation of
the bingo hall and casino. Petitioner agreed to relinquish the
10 acres to the tribal council.
In connection with the further development of casino
operations on petitioner's leased land, the tribal council, in
1984, terminated petitioner's lease on the 270 acres of farmland.
Petitioner, however, continued to farm the land each year. In
1987, the tribal council entered into a second lease with
petitioner for the same 270 acres, less 10 acres "more or less,
presently occupied by a bingo hall and parking lot." The term of
this lease was 10 years, which expired on December 31, 1996.
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