The Bureau of Indian Affairs is set to issue a decision on the federal status of two Nipmuc tribes from Massachusetts.

On the last day of the Clinton administration in January 2001, the BIA gave a favorable decision to the Nipmuc Nation and denied recognition to the Chaubunagungamaug Band. But the new Bush administration put the rulings on hold.

Eventually, former assistant secretary Neal McCaleb denied recognition for both tribes. Aurene Martin, the second-in-command at the BIA, will issue final determinations tomorrow.

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Tribe awaits recognition (The Chicopee-Holyoke Republican 6/17)

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