BIA weighs faster review of Shinnecock recognition
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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Recognition
A lawsuit appears to be forcing the
Bureau of Indian Affairs to take action on the federal recognition petition of the
Shinnecock Nation of New York.
The BIA will make a decision by the end of the month whether to place the tribe on the top of its "ready list" of petitions, Newsday reports. If that happens, the tribe could finally receive an answer in another two years.
In a similar recognition lawsuit, the BIA was forced to move up a tribe in the list but an appeals court overturned the decision.
Get the Story:
Shinnecocks await ruling to move up federal status list
(Newsday 10/8)
Court Decision:
Shinnecock
Nation v. Kempthorne (September 30, 2008)
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