Foxwoods selects award-winning design team for $700 Million expansion project
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| The Paul Steelman Design Group won design awards for its work on the Sands Macau in China. |
Foxwoods Resort Casino, the world's largest casino, announced that it is partnering with the award-winning Paul Steelman Design Group to help them spearhead their $700 million development project.
This plan will add nearly two million square feet of new space at Foxwoods, including; a new 825-room hotel tower with a state-of-the-art spa, 115,000 square feet of meeting, conventions and trade show space thereby quadrupling its current offering. (More)
A Storm of Generosity in Tribal Nation
"In times of crisis, our employees continually step up to the plate. You truly are the best!" In a memorandum to employees of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Foxwoods Resort Casino, Tribal Chairman Michael Thomas praised the outpouring of support expressed by the team at Mashantucket, all of whom whose humanity has been profoundly affected by the recent devastation in the Gulf region following Hurricane Katrina. (More)
Schemitzun 2005 Winners List
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| Toni Parker-Johnson photo |
A complete list of all dance category winners at Schemitzun 2005, which was held in August. Places 1-5 plus consolation prize winners are listed for each category (Eastern Blanket, Northern Traditional, Souther Straight, Eastern War, Jingle, Grass, etc.) and age group, including Golden Age men and women, Senior men and women, Junior Adult men and women, Teen boys and girls and Junior boys and girls.
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2005
Framed against the sky, the lone tree on a knoll represents
Mashantucket, the "much-wooded land" where the Pequots hunted and
kept alive their identity as an independent people. Displayed on the
knoll is the sign of Robin Cassasinnamon, the Pequot’s first leader
following the 1637 massacre at Mystic Fort. The fox stands as a
reminder that the Pequots are known as "the fox people."
Pequot basketweave pattern.
A gift from the Winged Ones, feathers
carry prayers to the Great Spirit.