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Tribe: Shinnecocks ponder more than 30 casino sites

Originally published: July 22, 2010 6:20 PM
Updated: July 26, 2010 11:09 PM
By MARK HARRINGTON  mark.harrington@newsday.com

Quick ReadThe site selection will be finalized well before year's end, a tribal official said.

Michannock Silva Arrow and Denise Silva-Dennis arrive with

Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | Michannock Silva Arrow and Denise Silva-Dennis arrive with other members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in front of the Federal Court house in Central Islip. (July 21, 2010)

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The Shinnecock Indian Nation has been offered upward of 30 sites for a potential casino on Long Island, and site selection will be finalized well before year's end, a tribal official said Thursday at a meeting where two new Calverton sites were offered.

Also Thursday, the tribe received notice of a schedule for an appeals board of the U.S. Department of the Interior to review two last-minute...

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