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

[s.landis at comcast.net (Steve Landis)]

On 1/30/2004 11:10 PM, Leslie Booher wrote:
> .......if they build a
> casino on this land, we'll have to move the trail to get away from
> it.  It wouldn't be conducive to a good hiking experience for us to
> be walking around a casino, circling a parking lot, trying to cross a
> busy thoroughfare that gives access to the casino, etc.  It's the
> considerations that we as a trail community will have to make that
> concern me.
> 
> anklebear

from...   http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/31/nyregion/31casino.html

"In truth, if the designation of the Schaghticokes (pronounced 
SKAT-a-cokes) as the fourth Connecticut tribe to receive federal 
recognition leads to the state's third casino, it is unlikely to come 
near this small town (Kent, Conn), which is quite distant from any major 
highway.

Richard L. Velky, the chief of the tribe, said on Friday that 
Bridgeport, Waterbury and Torrington had expressed interest in having a 
casino built by the tribe."

Steve