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From: New Haven Register
Date: 20040915
Author:Tim Giago

Indians' trip to rich/poor started here When James Fenimore Cooper wrote "The Last of the Mohicans" in 1826, it became an instant classic and generations of readers took the premise of the book to be factual. It was the beginning of the "vanishing American" theory.

But shazam! Through the magic of the Bureau of Indian Affair's federal recognition program, the Mohicans (or Mohegans) were reborn in Connecticut. Their Mohegan Sun, one of the world's two most profitable casinos, will attest to that.

The other most profitable casino in the world is also in Connecticut and is operated by the ...

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