The Foxwoods Resort Casino, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut. Photo by Eigenes Werk / Wikipedia
A member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is not entitled to $400,000 in casino per capita payments, a tribal court judge ruled. Andrina Charles claims she was promised the payments after she had been banished from the tribe following a crime conviction. The tribal council had voted to award her the money in 2012, The New London Day reported. But Judge Gregory Bigler upheld the dismissal of her case, the paper said. The tribe had argued that the elders council -- not the governing council -- retains authority over banishment matters. At the time of her banishment, Charles was an employee of the Foxwoods Resort Casino. In addition to her $103,000 annual salary, she received bonus payments and per capita payments, the Day reported. The tribe has since stopped making per capita payments due to declining gaming revenues. At one point, members were receiving $750,000 a year, The New York Times reported last December. Get the Story:
Dismissal of Mashantucket tribal member’s bid for ‘reparations’ upheld (The New London Day 4/19)
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