Records, 1977-1978

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Records, 1977-1978

Title

Records, 1977-1978

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/law00166/catalog

Abstract

The Mashpee Indian Land Case Records consists of depositions, trial transcripts, memoranda and research materials related to the Mashpee Wampanoags's suit against the town of Mashpee, Massachusetts and its large landowners. These materials are related to a preliminary trial which sought to establish the Mashpees's legitimacy as a legal Native American "tribe" who could be rightfully awarded former tribal lands on Cape Cod.

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12 boxes

Holding Repository

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6385817

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Mashpee Indian Land Case

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In 1976 , the Mashpee Wampanoag brought action against the town of Mashpee, Massachusetts and its local landholders in an attempt to recover lands allegedly taken from it in 1870. The tribe sought the return of 11,000 acres of undeveloped land in the town of Mashpee, but a preliminary trial first required the tribe to prove that they did, in fact, legally constitute a "tribe." Formally unrecognized as such by the federal government and Bureau of Indian Affairs , the ...

Records, 1977-1978

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