Transcript: Analysis: Aftermath of state raid on tribal smoke shop in Rhode Island

Article: American Indian Tribe Officials Assail Police Raid on ...
Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... parking lot near the smoke shop between tribe members ... upset that the Rhode Island General Assembly ... casino, opened the smoke shop, selling cigarettes ... authority to close the smoke shop. As TV cameras ... Ministers Alliance of Rhode Island; and Rear Adm ...

Article: Hearings Shine Spotlight on Rhode Island ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Narragansett Indian Tribe smoke shop still hang over Rhode Island, even as an independent ... Committee pitted Rhode Island's Republican Governor ... the Narragansett smoke shop, which resulted ... rights suit against Rhode Island. On Aug. 20 ...

Article: Rhode Island Smoke Shop Melee ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Narragansetts' smoke shop was the latest ... opportunities between Rhode Island's government ... of the tribe by Rhode Island's white majority ... At every turn, Rhode Island government has ... tribe opened the smoke shop, as a means of ...

Article: Rhode Island Attorney General Says He Urged Quick ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... s tax-free smoke shop, two days after ... authority to close the smoke shop. As TV cameras ... were arrested. Rhode Island's cigarette ... president of the Rhode Island Chapter of the ... asked whether the smoke-shop prosecution should ...

Article: Narragansetts Indians Look to Congress for Justice in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... in the violent Rhode Island state police raid ... their newly opened smoke shop. Chief Sachem ... has received in Rhode Island. "There's been ... gone beyond the smoke shop and the casino ... tribe to keep the smoke shop closed until he ... backfired badly on ...

Article: Rhode Island Considers 35-Cent Hike in Cigarette ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... cigarettes at Smokin' Joe's smoke shop in Tiverton. That was because Rhode Island's cigarette taxes ... Massachusetts. But when Rhode Island raised its cigarette tax ... as Smokin' Joe's if Rhode Island's prices surge ahead ...

Article: To the state of Rhode Island
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times);  July 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... are created equal. In Rhode Island, all men are created ... Narragansett Indian Smoke Shop graphically support ... Images showed the Rhode Island State Police armed with ... whatever the state of Rhode Island has felt it needed or ...