If it's available when we're ready, we'll certainly take a look at it. The rules are rigorous and we can only do what's allowed in the laws by the state, so whatever is allowed at that point is what we'll do.

The good thing about this is there are no rules. As long as we listen to our viewers, we can try just about anything.

The current rules are there for good reason, ... You need to know what's where.

At the end of the day, as long as it takes, we're still a tribe, no matter what. We didn't need the federal government to tell us we're a tribe.

The legislators unanimously voted on support for our federal recognition and urged the federal delegation to help us get federal recognition. That's tremendous.

We certainly don't have the struggle that our brothers and sisters down in Connecticut have, where you have legislators and an attorney general that are out of touch as far as Indian rights are concerned. It's certainly a long struggle, I know. I hope they make it. I know they deserve it.