After two years of negotiation, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe signed an intergovernmental agreement with the town of Mashpee, Massachusetts.
The deal requires the town to support the tribe's land-into-trust application. The tribe wants to have 120 acres in trust for its initial reservation.
In return, the tribe is promising not to open a casino at the site. Separately, the tribe wants to have 539 acres in another town placed in trust for gaming purposes.
The tribe also signed a deal over the town cemetery. The tribe agreed to honor the rights of non-tribal members who are buried there in order to take over the site and have it placed in trust.
Get the Story:Mashpee, tribe seal land trust deal (The Cape Cod Times 4/23)
