"Let's see. The last full-blooded Schaghticoke was buried on the reservation in Kent in 1913. By 1926, the state was referring to the tribe as a "remnant." There are huge, decades-long gaps in the tribe's leadership and continuity as a political community.

Like most or all of the other tribes in Connecticut, the Schaghticokes are a reconstituted tribe. Such groups are not supposed to receive federal recognition.

Nonetheless, the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs reversed an earlier finding and granted recognition and "government-to-government relationship" to the Schaghticokes. This is absurd, it is wrong and it must be stopped."

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Tom Condon: Time For Feds To Recognize The Harm Of Casino Tribes (The Hartford Courant 2/8)
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