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A Tournament on Native Land Makes Millions. A Tribe Wants a Bigger Cut.

The Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island earns millions when it hosts the U.S. Open. But the nearby Indian tribe has for years only received a fraction of that.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Lisa Goree, the chairwoman of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, why says the golf course hosting the U.S. Open this week on Long Island was built on their land.
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