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Anonymous
Posted February 12, 2004
CASINO EXPANSIONS AND THE BIA
This wonderfully researched book conveys the incredible details of how a group of individuals, who had never regarded themselves as Native Americans until it was financially expedient, manipulated the system and influenced the Dept. of Interior to grant them Federal Recognition which opened the way to establishing the country's largest casino. It is an invaluable book for those towns and states which are battling casino expansion and the systemic problems with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The tribes establishing casinos, with the assitance of powerful backers, operate outside of the realm of US and state law. Also, while your taxes are rising and services are being cut, these casinos pay zero into the federal and state tax rolls. A MUST READ !!!
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Anonymous
Posted August 20, 2001
Great Read
This was the best book I read last year. I can't recommend this book enough-it's informative, well-written, fast-paced, and the amount of illegal doings and coverups is amazing.
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Anonymous
Posted June 30, 2000
WELL WRITTEN WITH A FEW MINOR INACURACIES
Being a current Foxwoods employee and a former long-time resident of Preston Connecticut, I found the book to be a very informative story to be very well written and informative. However the author overlooked several details showing the ignorance of the towns of Ledyard, Preston and North Stonington, and their less than cooperative approach to dealing with the Mashantucket Pequots. Perhaps the author should have made some mention of the illfated attempts of the town's as well as the area residents at trying to stop the casino. I speak of things such as, Preston Plains School, the Dawley Farm and their resistance to much needed road improvements along Route 2. The author also failed to tell the full story of the construction of the Bingo hall and the fact that the tribe ran out of money three quarters of the way through construction and the general contractor financed the final stages of construction out of his owne pocket and the fact that the tribe was unable to obtain finacing for the casino without going abroard. perhaps the author should have told the story of some $2 million that was rumored to be embezeled from the sand and gravel operation and subsiquently led to its closure.
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Anonymous
Posted June 30, 2000
once you start reading you cant put it down
We are so lucky to have a author like this who depicts the truth about the coverups and the indians. Thanks Jeff
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Anonymous
Posted May 9, 2000
Fictional Tribes and Fictional Memberships
The events at FOXWOODS seems to be happening in California (CA) right now with the passing of Proposition 1A, giving CA Tribes the right to operate illegal slot machines. Card rooms and race tracks cannot have slot machines because they are criminally illegal. 'Without Reservation' indicates that Indians can operate illegal slot machines, but only if slot machines are not illegal under the state's criminal code. However, Governor Davis and nearly one-hundred percent of the CA legislature have encouraged Criminally Illegal Slot Machines at CA Indian reservations. Incidentally, CA politicians have received millions of dollars in political contributions from CA Indian Tribes. Discouragingly, CA tribal memberships change almost daily, where members are being dis-enrolled to increase the money received by remaining members. The CA Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney say that they cannot intervene even though the situation defies all logic. They say that CA Tribes are sovereign, and their memberships are their own business. Of couse, this means the tribe could be taken over by outside groups, say 'Oranized Crime'. Their comments indicate that it is not necessary that even one original CA tribal member remain on the membership rolls of a tribe! Mr. Jeff Benedict might be interested in newspapers 'Fresno Bee', 'LATimes' and 'SanFrancisco Chronicle' reporting about the membership upheavals within the 'Table Mountain Rancheria Tribe' near Fresno, CA.
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Anonymous
Posted May 18, 2000
Legal-Beagles after the Fox
This book is more about the legal manipulations of lawyers sniffing out money than it is about the American Indian. (so what else is new). I live in Groton, CT and I couldn't stop reading it once I started. I've changed my point of view about many things since reading this book.
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Anonymous
Posted May 3, 2000
Cover-up? Possibly. Scandal? Definitely!
The author provides cold, hard facts and analytical commentary in order to paint a picture of the entire sequence of events surrounding the sleepy New England town of Ledyard, CT. This is a riveting account starting from the days before the Congressional act recognizing the tribe that operates it, right through to the actual creation of the world's largest Native American Casino. Jeff Benedict stole a suspenseful drama right from today's headlines and wove it into a compelling yarn that begs for the story to continue being played out in tomorrow's headlines. A must for anyone wanting to keep abreast of national interest in the yet to be concluded struggle between government, tribe, and local factions affected by the Foxwoods Casino.
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