[CPEO-IRF] Wampanoag and the Massachusetts Military Reservation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tribe has early look at getting base land

By SEAN GONSALVES
Cape Cod Times
April 19, 2006

MASHPEE - Wampanoag leaders are eyeing the Massachusetts Military 
Reservation for potential tribal lands should the tribe receive federal 
recognition next year.

As the Mashpee Wampanoag prepare for what could be a new relationship 
with the federal government, tribal leaders "are trying to think ahead 
to meet the needs of the tribe," Tribal Council spokesman Scott Ferson 
said yesterday.

While no specific amount of land has been targeted, he said, some of the 
thousands of acres of undeveloped base land could benefit the tribe.

"Right now, the biggest concern is housing. And the tribe has made it 
clear they are not thinking about making claims against private land," 
Ferson said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/tribehas19.htm



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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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