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Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe elects new leader
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts has ousted its longtime chairwoman.
Beverly Wright was seeking a sixth term as leader of the only federally recognized tribe in the state. But voters elected Donald Widdiss by a close vote of 132 to 105.
Widdiss says he wants to focus on the tribe's relationship with the town of Aquinnah. The tribe has been locked in a drawn out sovereignty battle with the town and some town residents resent the tribe's presence.
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Wampanoag Tribe elects new tribe leader
(The Martha's Vineyard Times 11/24)
Court Decision:
Town
of Aquinnah v. Gay Head Wampanoag Tribe (June 11, 2003)
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