MAY 3, 2001 Letters about a tribal court trial filed by an ex-employee of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut.
WHAT? INDIANS CAN'T BE INDIAN AND ANOTHER RACE!
"How can an Indian tribe be tribal enough, indeed, be so intrinsically “Indian,” as to merit federal recognition, with the accompanying privileges of sovereignty and gaming rights, when it is so diluted and divided that there are Caucasian members at odds with African-American members?"
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LETTER: Tribal racism oxymoron (Chris Morey. The New London Day 5/3)
"If Mr. Fletcher really believed that Caucasian Mashantuckets were afforded better jobs, salaries and opportunities than African-American Mashantuckets, he should form an organization, hire Jesse Jackson and make a testimonial dinner. . ."
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