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MARCH 9, 2001

The Brothertown Indian Nation of Connecticut, a non-federally recognized tribe, is seeking to intervene in the Oneida Nation's land clain against the state of New York.

A federal judge next week will hear arguments that the state illegaly bought the tribe's land. In a treaty with the federal government, the Brothertown Tribe -- an amalgamation of other tribes including descendants of the historic Pequot Nation -- were promised some 99.000 acres of land.

There is another group of Brothertown descendants who migrated to Wisconsin after their land was sold.

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Tribe seeks to join Oneida land claim (The Syracuse Newspapers 3/9)