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Fisherman killed in Kent boating accident identified

 Authorities have identified the man who died Sunday after falling from his fishing boat as 50-year-old Ihor Korol, of Stamford.

His body was found about 4:30 p.m., five hours after he and another Stamford man fell from a small boat on Lake Waramaug, according to the stateDepartment of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Grzegorz Rajkiewicz, 31, managed to swim to shore and was taken toNew Milford Hospital with mild hypothermia, a DEEP spokesman said.

Several agencies, including a dive team from Goshen, conducted a water search for Korol until he was found about 150 yards from the shore, directly across from Lake Waramaug State Park.

State Environmental Conservation Police continue to investigate the incident.

Malloy to Obama: Block new tribal recognition

 Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is asking President Barack Obama to block proposed changes in the criteria for federally recognizing Indian tribes that could hand three Connecticut tribes permission to build casinos.

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is considering a rule change that almost guarantees the Golden Hill Paugussett Indians in Trumbull, the Schaghticoke Indians in Kent and the Eastern Pequots in Stonington would gain recognition and the ability to offer gambling on reservation land.

Under the proposed change, tribes that have maintained a state reservation since 1934 would be eligible for recognition. At present, tribes must show continuity and ancestry dating back to "first contact," which in Connecticut means the 1600s.

"For Connecticut, the consequences would be devastating," Malloy said in a letter to Obama, noting all three tribes want to build casinos in the state.

Both the Schaghticokes and Paugussetts have proposed building casinos in Bridgeport.

The Schaghticokes, Paugussetts and Eastern Pequots are recognized by the state and have maintained reservations for generations. All three tribes have already been denied federal recognition.

The Schaghticoke reservation is in Kent, the Paugussetts maintain reservations in Trumbull and Colchester, and the Eastern Pequot reservation is in Stonington.

"All of the petitioning groups have expressed interest in developing casinos and pursuing land claim lawsuits if they obtain federal recognition. I need your help in incorporating our proposed changes," Malloy wrote to the president.

Richard Velky, chief of one faction of the divided Schaghticokes, said the letter from Malloy is curious, considering Obama asked the BIA to change the rules.

"It was Obama who issued the executive order to the assistant secretary of the Department of the Interior. It's ironic he would ask him to make the change when Obama implemented them to begin with," Velky said.

Malloy said the rule change would apply only to Connecticut because no other tribes would meet the requirements.

"To my knowledge, there is not another state in which a reservation has been maintained since 1934 for a group that has already been denied acknowledgement. Only in Connecticut would the BIA's proposal result in the automatic reversal of past decisions," Malloy said.

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said he's closely watching the proposed rule change.

"The proposed changes to federal tribal acknowledgement criteria and decision process are very significant for Connecticut, and I appreciate and support the continued advocacy of Gov. (Dannel P.) Malloy and the members of our federal delegation on this issue," Jepsen said.

"By watering down these requirements, the discussion draft presented by the BIA offers a fix that is seriously misguided," Jepsen said.

Malloy said Connecticut maintains reservations because there are living descendents of the groups for which the reservations were first established.

"Using state reservations as a proxy for community and political authority collapses the acknowledgment decision into one based entirely on descent, a result that is contrary to the fundamental principles of tribal acknowledgement," Malloy said.

Velky said only Connecticut has objected to the rule change, adding he expects a decision by spring.

"I would think it would be adopted -- only Connecticut is against it. I would hope it would be adopted," Velky said. "Connecticut has had a relationship with the tribes for hundreds of years.

"Why shouldn't that contribute to recognition?"