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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2001 Residents of the Connecticut town of North Stonington are being asked to spend an additional $135,528 to continue challenging the federal recognition petitions of the Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe. Residents will vote on the budget request at a special town meeting next month during which an additional $19,243 is sought for a land-into-trust lawsuit affecting the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. If approved, the money would be spent in the current fiscal year. For the 2001-2002 budget, the town has allocated more than $100,000 to fight the tribes. Get the Story:
Citizens will be asked to spend to fight tribes (The New London Day 7/25)
More money wanted to fight Pequot tribes
Facebook TwitterWEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2001 Residents of the Connecticut town of North Stonington are being asked to spend an additional $135,528 to continue challenging the federal recognition petitions of the Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe. Residents will vote on the budget request at a special town meeting next month during which an additional $19,243 is sought for a land-into-trust lawsuit affecting the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. If approved, the money would be spent in the current fiscal year. For the 2001-2002 budget, the town has allocated more than $100,000 to fight the tribes. Get the Story:
Citizens will be asked to spend to fight tribes (The New London Day 7/25)
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