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Shinnecock Nation Clashes with Town Board

NEW YORK – As reported by Newsday: "The Shinnecock Nation clashed with Southampton's town board Tuesday night as a tribal delegation from the Indian reservation told the town board that it was wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars opposing a proposed tribal gambling casino in Hampton Bays.

"A half dozen members of the tribe accused the board of continuing the exploitation of the tribe which they say has gone on for centuries, by denying it the right to use its own property. Meanwhile the tribe's attorney, George Stankevich, said the town board was wasting its efforts, because state-sponsored gambling -- through a casino, a super OTB parlor or video slots in restaurants -- was an inevitability.

"Randy King, a Shinnecock Tribal Trustee, said the tribe was criticized when it tried to clear land for a bingo parlor, but no one complained when thousands of trees were leveled in preparation for the U.S. Open parking areas and on-site facilities last month.

"…Supervisor Patrick Heaney said the town would continue to block a tribal casino because of the traffic problems it would bring and the social destruction gambling would cause…"

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