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Halt to land-into-trust decisions sought
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2002

Connecticut's Congressional delegation is being asked to halt all pending land-into-trust decisions at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The leaders of 11 towns sent a letter to Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman and Christopher Dodd, both Democrats, and Rep. Rob Simmons, a Republican. The towns say land-into-trust was meant for tribes in the West and not in the "populated" East.

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Towns: Freeze land-into-trust (The Norwich Bulletin 8/8)