The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed a land claim filed by the unrecognized Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe.
The tribe claimed land in Rhode Island under a 1661 deed. But the court, in a unanimous decision, said the tribe failed to file its claim in time under a 1978 law that intended to settle all aboriginal title in the state.
The law settled the Narragansett Tribe's land claim but gave "other" tribes six months to file a claim.
Get the Story:
Court rejects Wampanoags' land claim
(The Providence Journal 2/12)
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Get the Decision:
Greene v. Rhode Island (February 11, 2005)
Relevant Links:
Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe - http://www.inphone.com/seahome.html
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