FROM THE ARCHIVE

Pequot Tribe says rival not real

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001

In documents recently filed with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut says a rival group is not a real tribe.

The Eastern Pequot Tribe only formed after its members were denied enrollment in the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, claims a Paucatuck researcher. The researcher also says the Eastern Pequot group has invented its tribal history.

Both groups are trying to obtain federal recognition. A final determination is due by the end of the year.

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Paucatucks take swipe at Easterns in report to BIA (The New London Day 9/8)

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