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LETTER: What?

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DECEMBER 6, 2000

Residents of southeastern Connecticut always have sharp insights into tribal issues and have displayed their keen intellect over the months by asking more questions than providing answers...

• Carol Umphlett says that 'The issue is whether or not these people have a right to their heritage, it has nothing to do with casinos.' Huh?
• Where is the racism in the effort to discern that people making claims of tribalism are actually of a tribe, and have had tribal connections through the years?
• Mr. Sebastian has asked for a detailed ledger concerning the towns' legal expenditures. Why?

Get the Story:
The saga of recognition (Chris Morey. Letter to the Editor. The New London Day 12/6)

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