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MAY 22, 2001

Tribes are lining up to open a casino in the Catskills region of New York but residents say their proposals are just more in a long line of talk and no action.

Casino proposals date back a decade but one tribe was near its goal of actually opening one. Until St. Regis Mohawk tribal leaders dropped their gaming partner, that is, and picked a new one.

The Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Band of Wisconsin have entered their name into the game and the Cayuga Nation may soon do the same.

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