Mashpee Wampanoags

BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts tribe says it hopes to resume construction on a $1 billion casino in Taunton this summer. The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe said Friday it was encouraged by word that the U.S. Department of Interior plans to issue a new decision by mid-June on the tribe's land status...

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is breaking ground for its $1 billion dollar resort and casino in Taunton. The site for the First Light Resort and Casino is located off East Stevens Street in Taunton, and hundreds of people gathered there Tuesday to hear tribal history, Native American songs and prayers, and local officials cheer on the project...

American Indians attending a Tuesday hearing at the Mashpee Wampanoag community center on Cape Cod said they support the federal government's plan to make it easier for tribes to gain federal recognition. But the tribal representatives, from New Jersey, Virginia, Missouri, New England and elsewhere, urged the U...