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...Weld and Massachusetts' Wampanoag tribe get their way, New Bedford, a Cape Cod city about 90 minutes from Boston, will be home to a new $150 million casino complex, owned and operated by the tribe...
Although the final distribution has not been decided, Madison says the money will go to providing health care, day care and care for elderly Wampanoags. A percentage will also go to establishing a scholarship for the study of the lost Wampanoag language...
...Some people are opposed to gambling, and I respect that," Madison says. "But can you tell me how we can recover the lost Wampanoag language...? Is that going to happen without money? Are we going to be able to build housing and provide health care for our people without money? Those programs cost money...
Other communities aside, the whole question may be moot if Roosevelt is elected. In a sense, the whole future of the Wampanoag tribe may be riding on what Massachusetts voters decide November...
...existing New England gambling Industry looks at a future with some new competition.CrimsonT-shirts with the tribal logo are for sale at the Wampanoag Tribal Council hall in Gay Head. The tribe hopes its next enterprise, a proposed casino, will bring in millions of dollars and create thousands of jobs...