Wampanoags Sever Land Pact, Deepening Tensions with Town (The Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2/22)
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Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe pulls out of land use agreement
Posted: Friday, February 22, 2013
The Aquinnah
Wampanoag Tribe has withdrawn from a local land use agreement.
The tribe entered into the agreement with the town of Aquinnah are losing a court case.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2004
ruled that the tribe must comply with state and local laws after waiving its
sovereign immunity in a land claim settlement.
The agreement was never used but Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais said it compromised the tribe's sovereignty. Town leaders, two of whom are tribal members, expressed surprise at the development.
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Wampanoags Sever Land Pact, Deepening Tensions with Town (The Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2/22)
Wampanoags Sever Land Pact, Deepening Tensions with Town (The Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2/22)
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