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...Kwan has so far been stifled in her bid for an Olympic gold...
When American figure skater Sarah Hughes defeated highly favored Michelle Kwan in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, winning a gold medal at the age of 16, she had her mind on another great challenge: beating Ivy League acceptance odds and getting into Harvard...
...Having the current Olympic gold medalist here would definitely increase campus interest in the sport,” said Liane L. Young ’04, co-chair of next year’s Evening with Champions, a figure skating benefit event hosted by Eliot House each fall...
...GOLD RUSH. Since only a federally recognized tribe can open a casino, scores of groups--including long-defunct tribes and extended families--have flocked to the BIA or Congress seeking certification. Since 1979, as gambling has boomed, the number of recognized tribes on the U.S. mainland has spiked 23%, to a total of 337. About 200 additional groups have petitioned the bureau for recognition. Perhaps the most notorious example of tribal resurrection: the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut, proud owners of the world's largest casino, Foxwoods. The now billion-dollar tribe had ceased to exist until Congress re-created...
...even tribal operations in general may be banished. Indians who challenge the system are often intimidated, harassed and threatened with reprisals or physical harm. They risk the loss of their jobs, homes and income. Margarite Faras, a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe, which owns the Apache Gold Casino in San Carlos, Ariz., was ousted from the tribal council after exposing corruption that led to the imprisonment of a former tribal leader. For three years, Faras says, those in control mounted nighttime demonstrations at her home, complete with loudspeakers. They initiated a boycott of her taco business, telling everyone...