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FEBRUARY 14, 2001

In an editorial today, Lance C. Johnson, the managing editor of The New London Day, says that exaggeration is fueling misunderstanding, racism, and classism in Connecticut.

Johnson says opponents of the tribe are blurring the line between reality and perception, particularly when it comes to the 1983 law which granted the tribe federal recognition and defined the boders of their reservation. Johnson acknowledges the law settled the tribe's land claims but that it does not prevent them from asking the Department of Interior from taking land into trust.

Johnson says Representative Rob Simmons (R-Conn) should work with the towns to help resolve the issue because the tribe appears willing to talk.

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