The contract has been planned as a one-time deal and the United Auburn Indians took control of the property on their own. Station Casinos helped build, open and operate Thunder Valley for the tribe under a seven-year management agreement that expired in 2010. According to an article in the Sacramento Bee, seven members of the United Auburn Indian Community - including a former chairwoman - are being stripped of casino payments of $30,000 a month or more and banished from tribal functions.ĭocuments obtained by the newspaper show intense divisions within the tribe, despite apparent net casino profits of $1.15 billion between July 2003 and January 2009. A massive rift has developed among members of the Northern California Indian tribe that operates the Thunder Valley Casino near Sacramento.
