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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002

"The Day should pay more attention to federal Indian policy and its consequences. These are more serious issues than where to put casino number three. Federal recognition creates a distinct and separate political entity that operates outside local, state and federal regulation. It is this unique status that drives groups to seek recognition and wealthy developers to back them. Communities across the country are struggling with the impacts of federal recognition that have nothing to do with casinos — loss of zoning, of local and state taxes, of environmental oversight, of fishing and water rights. . ."

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Letter: If one recognition can be reversed, so can others (Amy Willcox. The New London Day 7/15)

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