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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2001

A Connecticut group claiming to be a federally recognized tribe will stop being fined from the city of Norwich because of improvements made to a building.

The Mohegan Tribe and Nation Inc., Confederation of the Mohegan-Pequot American Indian Nation and Affiliated Tribes was refusing to allow city inspectors onto its property, saying the city needed a federal order. The city had imposed more than $7,000 fines for building code violations.

The city now says the group's leader, Moigu Standing Bear, has made the necessary changes and won't continue to be fined.

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Tribal group fixes housing violations cited by city (The New London Day 12/21)

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