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Revenge of the Pequots

Kim Isaac Eisler
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      The Mashantucket Pequots have had a long and proud history, enduring for centuries even after colonists and historians believed them to have been exterminated by the British in 1637. By the early 1970s, however, the legacy of their generations rested on the shoulders of a single elderly woman, upon whose death the Pequots' reservation would fall into government hands. Her grandson, Richard "Skip" Hayward, and other relatives responded to her pleas and kept alive the tribe and its land by coming to live on the reservation. Journalist Kim Isaac Eisler tells in riveting detail how Hayward and others skillfully manipulated laws, court decisions, and political connections to permit the Mashantucket Pequots to found the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in 1992. Located in Ledyard, Connecticut, Foxwoods today is arguably the world's most profitable casino complex, grossing over one billion dollars annually. The Mashantucket Pequots have become staggeringly rich, their tribal membership has swelled, and they are now an influential force in national politics. Their triumph has not been without controversy: Eisler also examines the volatile issue of racial identity among the Pequots and looks at the negative impact of Foxwoods on those who also make their home in the Connecticut woods.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kim Isaac Eisler EAN: 9780803267459 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 386 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of Nebraska Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-01-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Relating to Native American people, Indigenous peoples, History, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history

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      Kim Isaac Eisler, a former staff writer for American Lawyer, is the national editor of Washingtonian magazine.
      The Mashantucket Pequots have had a long and proud history, enduring for centuries even after colonists and historians believed them to have been exterminated by the British in 1637. By the early 1970s, however, the legacy of their generations rested on the shoulders of a single elderly woman, upon whose death the Pequots' reservation would fall into government hands. Her grandson, Richard "Skip" Hayward, and other relatives responded to her pleas and kept alive the tribe and its land by coming to live on the reservation. Journalist Kim Isaac Eisler tells in riveting detail how Hayward and others skillfully manipulated laws, court decisions, and political connections to permit the Mashantucket Pequots to found the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in 1992. Located in Ledyard, Connecticut, Foxwoods today is arguably the world's most profitable casino complex, grossing over one billion dollars annually. The Mashantucket Pequots have become staggeringly rich, their tribal membership has swelled, and they are now an influential force in national politics. Their triumph has not been without controversy: Eisler also examines the volatile issue of racial identity among the Pequots and looks at the negative impact of Foxwoods on those who also make their home in the Connecticut woods.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kim Isaac Eisler EAN: 9780803267459 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 386 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of Nebraska Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-01-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Relating to Native American people, Indigenous peoples, History, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history

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      Kim Isaac Eisler, a former staff writer for American Lawyer, is the national editor of Washingtonian magazine.

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