Pojoaque Pueblo is accusing the New Mexico Gaming Control Board of illegally interfered with its casino operations since the tribe's gambling compact with the state expired last month.
Pojoaque has filed a lawsuit in federal court, asking that state gambling regulators be prohibited from taking any action against licensed vendors who do business with the tribe.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the tribe is also seeking millions of dollars in what it says could be lost revenue if the regulators fail to renew licenses for those vendors.
At a meeting last week, the Gaming Control Board voted to defer action on some gambling companies' license renewals because they weren't certain if those manufacturers planned to continue doing business with Pojoaque.
Gov. Susana Martinez's office calls the lawsuit baseless.
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