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DECEMBER 12, 2000

The state of Connecticut still can't track down the original copy of a map denoting the boundaries of the Mashantucket Pequot settlement area and on Monday asked the tribe for it.

But the tribe says their version is not the original, just a copy. A laywer for the tribe says the original is most likely in Washington, DC, although a certified copy was supposed to have been provided to the state.

Without ever seeing an original of the map, author Jeff Benedict and a local landowner who was sued by the tribe in the 1970s say they have seen the version the tribe has at its museum and they say its the original.

Get the Story:
State asks tribe for 1983 map of reservation (The New London Day 12/12)

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