In 1986, it opened a high-stakes bingo hall. Through his efforts, the tribe won federal recognition in 1983. Her grandson was Richard Hayward (known as Skip), a pipe welder and a former short-order cook with an audacious vision, innate political skills and a flair for dealmaking. In the early 1970s, just one resident remained on a Pequot reservation in Ledyard, now the site of Foxwoods - an elderly woman named Elizabeth George.
