Below is a letter sent on August 15 by Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council Vice Chairman Kenneth Reels to the Honorable James Cason, assistant secretary of Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. in support of the Historical Eastern Pequot Tribe's bid for federal recognition.

Dear Secretary Cason:

Please allow me to bring to your attention the August 8-9, 2000 Proceedings of the On-The-Record Technical Assistance Meeting Eastern Pequot and Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Proposed Findings. Although the towns certainly did submit information for the record, I wanted to ensure that you were aware that the Town's supplemental information was found to be so unreliable that (More)

Fortunate Woman wins $1.3M Jackpot at Foxwoods

A housewife, playing a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at Foxwoods Resort Casino for only 30 minutes, won $1.3 million early this afternoon. And what is she going to do with her winnings?

   "I'm going to buy a house," the excited winner told casino workers. (More)

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Pequot Times wins NAJA awards

The Pequot Times came away from this year's Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) convention in Lincoln, Nebr. with two awards. The paper placed third in the Best Layout/Design category, and Editorial Advisor Toni Parker-Johnson (shown above with Editor Anthony Kulla) won first place in the News Photography category for a photo that appeared in the June 2004 issue. The winning photo depicted the 2004 Friends & Neighbors gathering in Ledyard, where local tribal members and local townspeople joined in a circle of hope. Arthur Henick photo (More)

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