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“I believe that leading and teaching use many of the same skills, but it is important for me to keep the two hats separate,” said Sarris.

“This is the first casino in the world that has sky lights. It’s the first casino where you can always see where you’re going,” he said.

“I am thrilled to see Greg Sarris’s multiple contributions over the past decades recognized this year, from his induction into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences to this important award from Heyday,”

“In Los Angeles, people never ask you how you are, they ask you what you do. I would always say I’m a novelist, a screenwriter, a professor, and an Indian chief. What are you?” – Greg Sarris

The Graton Resort & Casino on Wednesday unveiled plans for a 200-room hotel and convention center to make the Bay Area’s largest gambling operation into a bona fide travel destination in the heart of Wine Country.

“I get so tired of people coming up to me and asking me about the casino,” he said recently from an upper floor conference room in the tribe’s Rohnert Park offices. “I’d like for people to come up and ask me about my books.”