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Tuesday, November 4, 2003

A federal judge in Rhode Island has dismissed the land claim of the unrecognized Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe.

U.S. District Court Judge William Smith said that the 1978 federal law that settled the Narragansett Tribe's land claim also extinguished all other Indian claims in the state.

The Seaconke tribe claims ownership of land in Cumberland and Woonsocket.

Get the Story:
Judge dismisses tribe�s land claim (The Woonsocket Call 11/4)

Relevant Links:
Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe - http://www.inphone.com/seahome.html

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