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MAY 30, 2000

Some interesting letters and views about the Pequot controversy...

"Understand, I have no problem with tribes reuniting and re-establishing themselves. I would even go so far as to suggest government proclamations that would confirm their tribal existence...We could even have a Native American Day, and probably should. But our government was wrong to attach privileges based on heritage and lineage..."
EDITORIAL: Tribal privilege just wasn't the right way to go (Charles E. Potter Jr.The New London Day. 5/27)

"Jeff Benedict’s book “Without Reservation” has stimulated a debate that should have taken place 18 years ago, when Congress was considering a bill to settle land claims by the Mashantucket Pequot tribe and award the tribe sovereign rights..."
EDITORIAL: Jeff Benedict’s point (The New London Day. 5/28)

"Whatever your feelings about Foxwoods, you can't deny that as you approach Foxwood Casino, the 'wonder of it all' is truly a magnificent sight to behold...."
Hayward deserves applause (Charles Zultowsky. Letters to the Editor. The New London Day. 5/28)

"People are not jealous of the Mashantucket Pequots. People see the situation as state-sanctioned racism whereby some people hold the lantern while others chop the wood..."
The race goes to the richest (Peter R. Anderson. Letters to the Editor. The New London Day. 5/28)

"If this wannabe kid journalist [Jeff Benedict] can shake up Mr. Reels this badly, wait until I start on Mr. Reels. What is he going to do when some of us finally get our genealogy together and make a claim the 'Mashantucket Pequots. didn’t or still do not recognize: the five clans of the original Pequot Nation?"
Benedict only scratched surface (James W. Parks. Letters to the Editor. The New London Day. 5/28)

"Why is it that every single self-proclaimed Pequot Indian who got up to speak at the North Stonington forum on May 18 said the same thing? They called everyone in Ledyard, Preston and North Stonington racists, even referring to hate crimes..."
Problem isn’t racism, but gaming (Vilma Gregoropoulos. Letters to the Editor. The New London Day. 5/28)