FROM THE ARCHIVE

Anti-Pequots to meet with Gorton

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JUNE 27, 2000

Leaders from the Connecticut towns of Preston, Ledyard, and North Stonington are headed to Washington DC to meet with their Congressional delegation, White House solicitor for the US Department of the Interior, and staff members of the US House Committee on Resources. They will also meet with Senator Slade Gorton (R Wash) and Senator Frank Murkowski (R Alaska), members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

The towns, who have opposed the expansion of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the pending federal recognition of the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot and the Eastern Pequot tribes, will discuss these and other Indian affairs issues.

Guy Martin, a lawyer for the towns, told The New London Day that "there is no place quite like Connecticut in the country in terms of the number and seriousness of issues which are raised by Indian policy as it affects the state and local communities."

On July 28, the towns and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will meet with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to discuss federal recognition issues. The meeting is a formal one requested by Blumenthal, not a "technical assistance" one, as The New London Day has continually reported.

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