The money provided annually to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation through the Interior Department and the Department of Health and Human Services has risen over the last five years to more than $4.5 million, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act. One former tribal employee says department leaders were encouraged to offset dwindling resources by seeking more federal grants.
The Pequots, who once distributed stipends exceeding $100,000 annually to adult members, are not alone among gaming tribes seeking more federal aid. Several, including the owner of Foxwoods' rival Connecticut casino, the Mohegan Sun, say they have been pursuing more grants — a trend that critics find galling because the law that gave rise to Indian casinos was intended to help tribes become financially self-sufficient.
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5 comments:
Perhaps they could make an offer on the Redskins™ trademark.
Kill 2 flying Eagles™ with one stone.
In what year do they expect to be able to live on their own? I mean, I have to.
My thoughts exactly.
Whatever happened to the old addage "sink or swim"?
Don't the animals object to the name Foxwoods?
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