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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002

"Here in Connecticut, we were aghast to learn that the Mashantucket Pequots became a federally recognized tribe through an Act of Congress instead of having to pass muster at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. We've been told that was unusual. I now find that it is the fast-track way to federal recognition for many groups from Connecticut to Hawaii and many states in between. When Hawaii became a state, there was no “Native Hawaiian” government. . ."

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Letter: One nation under God, not a bunch of separate interest groups (Betty Perkowski. The New London Day 1/28)

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A bill expressing the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians (S.1783)

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