Tribes resist limits on casinos
By SEAN GONSALVES STAFF WRITER The U.S. House Committee on Resources calls it the RIGHT Act. But tribal leaders across the country, including Don Widdiss, tribal council chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard, say the RIGHT Act is all wrong.
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