A long-running feud between two native tribes in Connecticut and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has come to an end, for now. The tribes have dropped their lawsuit against the department, which had been submitted after the former Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, had allegedly worked to prevent the tribes from expanding their casino operations.

The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes, along with Connecticut, had sued the DOI in 2017. Lawmakers in the state had asked Zinke to approve amended gaming compacts after Connecticut authorized the tribes to build a joint casino project in East Windsor. Zinke never responded and the state, with the tribes, argued that Zinke had been influenced by MGM, which operates the MGM Springfield in Massachusetts, the northern neighbor to Connecticut.

Zinke vacated his position earlier this year, but is still the target of a federal investigation into his actions.

David Bernhardt now holds the reigns at the DOI and allowed Interior Department Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney to review the tribal compacts. On March 15, she approved the compacts.