Michele Jacklin’s October 29 column is useful in that it spotlights the proposal to establish an Indian research center at UConn Law School, but she does a disservice by completely ignoring the reasons many of us strongly oppose it.

The problem is that sooner or later (probably sooner) such a center will come to rely heavily on funding from present and newly minted tribal casino interests.

However, the state and some towns have litigation pending against the tribes involving a host of lawsuits, appeals, tribal recognition issues, land annexation and water rights. We all know that Indian casino interests are using huge political contributions and phalanxes of lawyers, researchers and PR types to influence public opinion, government policies and court decisions. Does anyone doubt that they will use their billions to co-opt yet another forum to push their casino agenda?

Very truly yours,