Members of the Shinnecock Nation of New York held a prayer service outside the Interior Department this morning to press for federal recognition.
The tribe hopes Bureau of Indian Affairs lives up to an agreement to resolve its recognition petition. A preliminary answer is due December 15, with a final determination to come in mid-2010.
"We don't want them to say they want another 20 years," tribal trustee Fred Bass told Newsday.
The tribe plans to open a casino once it gains federal recognition.
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Shinnecock in D.C. to make case for recognition
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Federal recognition for Shinnecocks would boost casino effort (The Southampton Press 6/3)
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Kempthorne (September 30, 2008)
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