Without Reservation: How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World's Largest Casino

Jeff Benedict

Harper Collins, Jul 3, 2001 - Social Science - 416 pages

With compelling detail, Without Reservation tells the stunning story of the rise of the richest Indian tribe in history.

In 1973, an old American Indian woman dies with nothing left of her tribe but a 214-acre tract of abandoned forest. It seems to be the end of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. But it is just the beginning. Over the next three decades, the reservation grows to nearly 2,000 acres, home to more than 600 people claiming to be tribal members.  It has also become home to Foxwoods, the largest casino in the world, grossing more than $1 billion a year.

Without Reservation reveals the mysterious roots of today's Pequot tribe, the racial tension that divides its members, and the Machiavellian internal power struggle over who will control the tribe's funds. Author Jeff Benedict brings to us the deal makers, the courtroom machinations, the trusts and betrayals.

Now, with remarkable new information, the paperback brings us up-to-date on these revelations, which lead to state and federal investigations and calls for congressional hearings.

Contents

• OATHS AND VOWS: 1
• QUICKSILVER: 14
• WALL STREET CAN WAIT: 20
• THE IRON LADY: 30
• SAFE SECRETS: 41
• FIERCE ADVOCATES: 53
• JOINING THE CLUB: 60
• ADVERSE POSSESSION: 69
• THE FIRM: 79
• FRACTURED DIAMOND: 88
• STATE AID: 92
• THE PROMISE: 96
• THE SECOND MRS HAYWARD: 106
• BENEATH THE RADAR SCREEN: 109
• THE MAPMAKERS: 117
• A SMALL PRICE TO PAY: 123
• RONALD REAGAN BLINKS: 137
• COMMENCEMENT: 150
• WILLS ESTATES AND TRUSTS: 157
• OUT TO LUNCH: 166
• INCORPORATED: 176
• LAS VEGAS NIGHTS: 185
• JERSEY BORN: 189
• A PROSECUTOR AND A PROPHET: 200
• SECURED TRANSACTION: 211
• WHEEL OF FORTUNE: 226
• ACE IN THE HOLE: 236
• THE SKIP AND MICKEY SHOW: 243
• MR LOZIER GOES TO WASHINGTON: 249
• COWBOYS AND INDIANS: 263
• THE MASTER PLAN: 274
• DAMN YANKEES: 283
• RACE MATTERS: 292
• DISCOVERY: 298
• BIG BOYS DONT CRY: 306
• SOMEONE BROKE INTO YOUR OFFICES: 314
• THE SHOWSTOPPER: 324
• YOU CANT TAKE IT WITH YOU: 340
• DODGING THE BULLET: 350

About the author

Jeff Benedict conducted the first national study on sexual assault and athletes. He has published three books on athletes and crime, including a blistering exposé on the NFL, Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL, and Public Heroes, Private Felons: Athletes and Crimes Against Women. He is a lawyer and an investigative journalist who has written five books.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Without Reservation: How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World's Largest Casino
• Author: Jeff Benedict
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2001
• ISBN: 0060931965, 9780060931964
• Length: 416 pages
• Subjects: History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies