American tribes build for the future … but fear for their past - 2004-02-21
Turquoise jewellery, jet black hair and a soft lilt hint at Claire Miller’s heritage as a Native American. But her role, in a tight-knit team of property developers and money managers near Phoenix, is extremely different from the white stereotype.
Seated in a slick modern conference room, she is talking about a development project requiring billions of dollars over three decades. The Salt River Pima- Maricopa Community, a small tribe, hopes to carve a massive development and enterprise zone out of the Sonoran Desert in the lee of these craggy red mountains.
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