FROM THE ARCHIVE
Money sought to fight Conn. tribes
Facebook
Twitter
Email
MAY 9, 2001 Officials in the Connecticut town of North Stonigton are asking for $130,000 in taxpayer dollars to continue their legal battles against three Pequot tribes. The town is requesting $65,000 to challenge the federal recognition petitions of the Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe. The town has already spent about $200,000 challenging the tribes. The town has also asked for $65,000 to fight the Department of Interior for its decision to take 165 acres of land into trust for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. The request is likely to be trimmed to $53,000, however, since the Supreme Court has declined to hear the case and the issue will be resolved in federal court. Get the Story:
Extra money set aside for legal fights against local Indian tribes, too (The New London Day 5/9) Related Stories:
Anti-Pequot towns have hope in case (5/8)
Anti-Pequot towns say they aren't racist (5/8)
EDITORIAL: Tribe, towns continue talking (5/4)
Towns: Pequot Tribe too rich (5/3)
EDITORIAL: Pequot tribe too affluent (5/2)
Supreme Court turns down Pequot land case (5/1)
In The Hoop: Shakopee reporting
Advertisement
Stay Connected
Contact
Search
Trending in News
1 White House Council on Native American Affairs meets quick demise under Donald Trump
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
News Archive
About This Page
You are enjoying stories from the Indianz.Com Archive, a collection dating back to 2000. Some outgoing links may no longer work due to age.
All stories are available for publishing via Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)