Hitting the Jackpot
Subtitle: The Inside Story of the Richest Indian Tribe in History
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780871139047
Subjects: Native American; Public Policy - General; History: American; Gambling (Social Aspects); Native Americans - Northeast; Sociology; Pequot Indians; Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nat; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Gambling - General; United States - State & Local - New England; Gambling; Social conditions; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Political Science; History
First sentence: The first Puritans migrated from Massachusetts Bay Colony to Connecticut Colony in 1635 and within two years were at war with the Pequot Indians, the dominant tribe in the region.