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Revenge of the Pequots : how a small Native American tribe created the world's most profitable casino.
Author
"Eisler, Kim Isaac."
Publisher
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Date2002
ClassificationsMain Library Collection
Object numberE99.P53 E57 2002 / 3 copies
Description"267 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm." Presents the rags-to-riches tale of how unemployed ship worker Richard "Skip" Hayward revived the influence and wealth of the dying Pequot clan by establishing Connecticut's controversial and profitable casino, Foxwoods.
Pequot Indians -- Gambling.
Pequot Indians -- History.
Pequot Indians -- Government relations.
Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe.
Gambling on Indian reservations -- Connecticut -- Ledyard.
Casinos -- Government policy -- Connecticut -- Ledyard.
Ledyard (Conn.) -- Economic conditions.
Ledyard (Conn.) -- Social conditions.
Casinos -- Government policy.
Economic history.
Gambling on Indian reservations.
Pequot Indians.
Social conditions.
Connecticut -- Ledyard.
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