The Delaware Nation of Oklahoma is interested in buying 481 acres in Maryland for use as a landfill, The Baltimore Sun reports.
The tribe sought federal approval last October to buy the land, according to the paper. Local officials have written the Bureau of Indian Affairs to protest, concerned that the land will be free from state jurisdiction. They also claim the tribe might try to open a casino even though the land.
The Delaware Nation and the Delaware Tribe lived in the Eastern part of the U.S. before being removed to Oklahoma. The tribes are claiming ancestral land in Pennsylvania.
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County officials question tribe's landfill plans
(The Baltimore Sun 4/13)
Report: Delaware Nation wants to buy land in Maryland
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
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