According to today's (Tuesday, November 8) NEWSDAY, "In a move that could 
alter the future of Long Island's East End, a federal judge yesterday described 
the Shinnecock Indian Nation of Southampton (sic) as a bonafide tribe, 
potentially paving the way for the group to pursue a casino in Hampton Bays as well as 
sweeping land claims around their reservation."

The article includes a well detailed map (click on the map to see the larger 
version), showing the land where the Shinnecocks want to build a casino, other 
lands that they claim (3,600 acres of their ancestral land in the Town of 
Southampton, including the famed Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, National Golf Links, 
and Southampton College).

The tribe is also seeking monetary damages for the fair market value of the 
land, plus 150 years in past rent and interest -- possibly billions of dollars. 
In its legal papers, the tribe stated that their land was illegally taken 
from them, a large tract of it in the mid-19th century.

For the complete NEWSDAY article, "Legal victory for Shinnecocks", please go 
to:

<http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-lishin084503591nov08,0
,4013980.story?coll=ny-linews-print>


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan