WICHITA (AP) – The legal fight over on the Wyandotte Nation’s efforts to build a casino will be played out in a federal courtroom in Kansas.

The Wyandotte Nation had filed a lawsuit in the District of Columbia seeking an injunction to force the Interior Department to accept the land into trust. Federal law allows tribes to conduct gambling only on Indian lands, which is defined as land within its reservation or those held in trust for its benefit by the United States.

On Monday, the case was transferred to the District of Kansas after a judge found the case had significant interests that could better be handled in the district where the land is located.

Also Monday, the Interior Department filed its response to the tribe’s claims.