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Pequot elder's home is subject of tribal dispute


Members of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation are fighting over the future of the homestead belonging to matriarch Elizabeth George, The New London Day reports.

George's descendants from the Hayward family spent the weekend at the site to mark the anniversary of her death. They say political rivals -- to whom they are related -- called the police on them. There were no confrontations but they say other tribal members hold a vendetta against them.

George was the last person living on the reservation when the tribe began efforts to gain federal recognition. She died 31 years ago yesterday.

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Mashantucket Factions Battle Over Future Of Old Homestead (The New London Day 6/7)
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