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The Tunica treasure is a group of artifacts from the Tunica-Biloxi tribe discovered in the 1960s. Their discovery led to a protracted legal battle over their ownership, and the eventual passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act .
The Tunica tribe lived close to the Ofo and Avoyeles tribes, but communication between the three was only possible through the use of the Mobilian Jargon or French. [36] Most modern Tunica speak English, with a few older members speaking French as a first language. Tunica is taught in weekly language classes, immersion programs, and a youth ...
Tunica is the fourth community to serve as county seat of Tunica County, [4] succeeding earlier county seats at Commerce (1839–1842, 1842–1847), Peyton (1842, temporary) and Austin (1847–1888). [5] Tunica gained national attention for its deprived neighborhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open sewer located there. [6]
Lying to Curtis that he won $7,000, he asks to go to Little Rock to see his ex Dorothy and estranged daughter, Wendy. Wendy is at school; when Dorothy catches him stealing money, she asks him to leave. Curtis and Gerry go to the Tunica, Mississippi casino, where Curtis' VIP card is rejected. Curtist asks Gerry for money and discovers his lie.
“Well, that’s a high order,” Martz told me, “given that I am the one directing these guys where to go and I don’t know where anything is. I can’t say, ‘Oh don’t go there, there’s a bomb there, and there’s a guy over there, make sure you watch him and don’t get shot.’
Harrah's Casino Tunica, formerly Grand Casino Tunica, was a casino and resort located in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. It was owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment . The casino offered a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m 2 ) casino and three hotels with a total of 1,356 rooms.
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The Tunica or Luhchi Yoroni (or Tonica, or less common form Yuron) [2] language is a language isolate that was spoken in the Central and Lower Mississippi Valley in the United States by Native American Tunica peoples.