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Hitting the Jackpot
Brett Duval Fromson
其他書名
The Inside Story of the Richest Indian Tribe in History
出版Thorndike Press, 2004
主題Games & Activities / Gambling / GeneralHistory / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)Political Science / International Relations / Arms ControlSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies
ISBN07862621179780786262113
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dDu67OaqmzAC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Hitting the Jackpot reveals the true story of how the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut became the richest Indian tribe in history. The culmination of a three-year investigation, Fromson uncovers a labyrinthine tale of legal maneuverings, back-room political dealings, and ethnic reinvention. Fromson details the step-by-step process by which today's Pequots gained tribal recognition, hired top lawyers to claim thousands of acres of land, exploited a state law meant for church yard sales to gain the right to open Foxwoods, now a $1.2 billion-a-year operation, and distilled the barest traces of Pequot lineage into a full-fledged tribe with over six hundred new tribal members, a yearly pow-wow that offers the biggest cash prizes in America, and a $250 million museum, one of the costliest in American history.