City seeks meeting with Delaware Tribe over plans in Kansas

Wednesday, October 9, 2013  

Officials in Lawrence, Kansas, voted to request a meeting with the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma.

The tribe recently acquired 87 acres near Lawrence for housing, health, social service and other purposes. City officials want to get a better understanding of those plans.

“I don’t want people’s assumptions to start taking over. The last think I want to do is to tell a Native American tribe that they are not welcome in our community," City Commissioner Jeremy Farmer said at a public meeting, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.

The tribe plans to submit a land-into-trust application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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City leaders want to meet with Indian tribe over future of North Lawrence land (The Lawrence Journal-World 10/8)

Delaware Tribe hasn't submitted land-into-trust application (08/06)