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JULY 5, 2000

Judge Kathryn A Lynn of the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) upheld a 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs ruling which took 32 acres of land into trust for the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island.

The state and the town of Charlestown fought the BIA ruling, believing the tribe's land claims settlement act resolved past, current, and future land claims. They also protested the removal of state jurisdiction on the land, and the possibility that the tribe might open a casino on the land.

The IBIA rejected their arguments, saying the act does not prohibit taking land into trust and that "speculation" on behalf of the state was not enough proof to reverse the decision.

Except for hunting, the tribe's settlement act imposes civil and criminal jurisdiction on tribal land. The tribe recently lost a bid to have their casino placed before voters on a November ballot.

Get the Story:
Tribe's land trust status upheld (The Providence Journal 7/5)

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