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