printer friendly version
Massachusetts tribe won't make land claims
Monday, August 22, 2005
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe won't be making any land claims if it wins federal recognition, president Glenn Marshall said.
Marshall said a lawsuit would be costly and counter-productive. "The people who live in Mashpee are our neighbors. They're our friends. You don't sue your friends," he told The Cape Cod Times.
The tribe previously made a land claim in the 1970s but was defeated in federal court. A jury said the Mashpees didn't function as a tribe at critical points in history.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is now preparing to decide on the tribe's status once and for all. Under a court agreement, the BIA will issue a preliminary determination by March 2006 and a final determination by March 2007.
Get the Story:
Tribe's recognition bid recalls 1976 land claim
(The Cape Cod Times 8/20)
Relevant Links:
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe -
http://mashpeewampanoagtribe.com
Related Stories:
Massachusetts tribe waits for answer on
recognition (08/05)
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
