printer friendly version
Massachusetts tribe waits for answer on recognition
Friday, August 5, 2005
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts will finally receive an answer to its bid for federal recognition.
The tribe began its effort in 1975 with a land claim lawsuit. But defeat came when a jury ruled that the tribe hadn't functioned continuously as a government.
The tribe subsequently filed a petition with the Bureau of Indian Affairs but has been on the waiting list for more than a decade. An answer will finally come in March 2006, when the BIA makes a preliminary ruling on the tribe's status. A final decision is expected by March 2007.
Get the Story:
Wampanoag recognition uneasy to some
(AP 8/5)
Relevant Links:
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe -
http://mashpeewampanoagtribe.com
Related Stories:
Wampanoag teen joins tribe's Run for
Recognition (07/28)
Massachusetts tribe
waits for ruling on recognition (7/27)
Judge approves timeline for Mashpee recognition
(7/26)
BIA proposes timeline for Mashpee
recognition (7/19)
Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe steers clear of Abramoff (05/23)
Judge blasts BIA for delays in recognition case
(02/15)
Wampanoag tribe back to court on
recognition bid (2/14)
BIA opposes
Pombo's federal recognition bill (2/11)
Bill addresses slow-moving recognition process
(02/07)
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe presses
recognition bid (09/03)
Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe rubs elbows at RNC (9/1)
House panel sympathetic to tribes on
recognition (04/01)
Federal recognition
process subject of two hearings (03/31)
BIA delaying decision on Mass.
tribe (12/20)
Mass. town
accused of hindering recognition (10/30)
Jump in recognition petitions noted
(06/12)
BIA recognition
staff fails pressure test (05/31)
Wampanoag leader remembered (03/08)
Copyright © 2000-2005 Indianz.Com
