[at-l] BIA grants recognition to Schaghticoke tribe.

[stephensadams at hotmail.com (Steve Adams)]

Leslie,

Reference your email, dated 1-29-04.

You speculate, ?The important points here are that these people want to get 
into the casino business, and being recognized as a tribe allows that, and 
the fact that a section of the AT runs through their land.?

You ask, ?Will we have to move?  Do we want to hike next to a casino??

Let?s pretend you believe you own land.  The land you believe you own is 
controlled by someone else.  This other (?wrongful?) party decides to use 
the land in certain manner(s).  You regain ownership - - custody and control 
- - of your land.  I don?t know any of the facts in this matter, but, let?s 
further pretend you?re poor, you?ve been poor a long time, and you?ve been 
ridiculed for being different.  You now have the opportunity - - people are 
bringing gifts and promising riches - - to become suddenly wealth seemingly 
without any effort.  Will you feel obligated to continue any of the 
agreements reached by the illegitimate party?  [I ask this quite aside from 
whether there is any legal obligation.]

Steve

P.s. Thanks for posting this article.

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