Tribes teeter on financial brink

| November 23, 2009

At the top of a steep hill, high above the Thames River and the glimmering glass towers of the Mohegan Sun casino, a huge white building sits half-finished. A newly paved road winds its way to the plastic-shrouded shell of the Mohegans' new tribal office and community center. Construction equipment is scattered about, but work on the facility stopped months ago.