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MAY 9, 2001

Twenty Connecticut towns on Tuesday wrote a letter to their Congressional delegation asking for a moratorium on federal recognition decisions at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The towns who signed the letter include three battling the federal recognition of the Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe. The towns have filed a lawsuit against the BIA, seeking to set aside the preliminary decisions made in the tribes' favor in March 2000.

The three towns had recently asked the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments to endorse a moratorium letter. But the council declined.

Get the Lawsuit:
Connecticut v. Babbitt (Conn January 2001)

Get the Story:
Towns ask lawmakers to support moratorium on recognition of tribes (The New London Day 5/9)
Twenty towns write letter asking for moratorium on tribal recognition (AP 5/8)

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