North County's Los Coyotes Indian band is considering a partnership with a Northern California tribe to get the governor's OK for an off-reservation gambling complex in Barstow. A spokesman for BarWest Gaming, a Michigan firm backing the project, said Los Coyotes, which has been pursuing the Barstow project since 2003, is now discussing a joint venture with Humboldt County's Big Lagoon Rancheria. BarWest spokesman Tom Shields said the tribal partnership is being encouraged by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose blessing is essential for any off-reservation Indian casino. "It's a marriage put together by the state," Shields said. Neither Los Coyotes nor...
