Tribal Nation begins $700M development project
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Foxwoods Resort Casino, the first resort casino in New England when opened by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation nearly 14 years ago, is entering a new era.
Tribal and Foxwoods officials break ground Nov. 15 on a $700 million development project that will provide Foxwoods' customers with more gaming, more entertainment and additional resort amenities, including more convention and meeting space at a single site than any other casino on the East Coast.
The project will add 2,300 permanent jobs at Foxwoods, bringing total employment to more than 13,500 people. The development project will also employ many construction contractors and their workers. Upon completion in the summer of 2008, Foxwoods will have grown in scale (More)
Tribal Citizens vote Reels, Sebastian back to Council
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| RE-ELECTED - Vice Chairman Kenneth M. Reels and Councilor Richard E. Sebastian after winning re-election the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council. Toni Parker-Johnson photo |
The two incumbents have been re-elected to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council, with Vice Chairman Kenneth M. Reels also winning re-election to the vice chairman's seat.
Vice Chairman Reels and Councilman Richard E. Sebastian were the top two winners in the Tribal Nation's general election Nov. 6, which once again marked a high turnout of Tribal citizen voters, who came to vote at the Community Center on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation. The vice chairman was the top vote-getter in the first, general election of the day.
A total of eight candidates were on the ballot in the general election, competing for two seats of three years' duration each. The Council members elected will be inaugurated in early January in a ceremony usually conducted in the Gathering Space of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center.
In their comments after the vote, both Vice Chairman Reels and Councilman Sebastian made community-unifying comments for the Tribal Nation and for the region. (More)
In memory of Phyllis Waite, Tribal Elder
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Phyllis Monroe Waite of Mashantucket Pequot/Eastern Pequot and Narragansett Indian Tribal Descent, born on March 25, 1929 in Wakefield, RI, passed away at Yale New Haven Hospital on October 4, 2005.
She was the daughter of the late Mabel Perry and Clifford "Copperhead" Cyrus Sebastian Sr., and great-granddaughter of the late Annie George.
If you were fortunate enough to know Tribal Elder, former Tribal Councilor and Community leader Phyllis, you knew of her young-girl spirit, strong mind and absolute dedication to Jehovah, family, and encouraging people to recognize their own abilities to excel in whatever they wish to do.
Mrs. Waite leaves a legacy of community service that began in South County, RI serving traditionally under-served citizens and then moved to decades of community service (More)
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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.