Oh, I agree. I think this is an effort very much like that fake Pequot group in Connecticut...
I live a few miles from the group trying to establish Bridgeport as the new gaming mecca in CT. From my understanding, they had gained State recognition but had not gotten it at the Federal level. I do know that they held a small unbuildable plot (under the zoning minimum size) in Trumbull as "tribal Land" and were threatening to try to establish ownership over some 20% of the state's land unless they were granted about 20 acres of Bridgeport Waterfront to build a complex to rival Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods. Last I heard, they had signed an agreement with the mayor of Bridgeport. Not much news other than that which I know of.
Is there anything you have heard/seen besides that? I have not seen anything to suggest that their goals are/were anything other than erecting a casino.