[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, TRIBES: Aquidneck Island Navy property (RI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tribes express interest in surplus Aquidneck Island Navy property

By Richard Salit
Providence Journal (RI)
April 10, 2009

Two area Indian tribes have expressed interest in acquiring surplus Navy 
properties on Aquidneck Island, a move that could upset community plans 
for the land.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Narragansett Indian Tribe 
and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, on the Massachusetts island of 
Martha’s Vineyard, has asked the Navy to extend by 60 days its deadline 
for filing formal requests to acquire the properties. Federal agencies 
are given preference in acquiring surplus military properties, and the 
bureau indicated it plans to file such a request.

The bureau’s March 30 letter does not indicate which of the disparate 
properties the tribes are interested in or for what purpose. On 
Wednesday, the Navy’s Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program 
granted the extension.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.projo.com/ri/middletown/content/TRIBES_SEEK_NAVY_LAND_04-10-09_7FE08KD_v15.3789c31.html

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Lenny Siegel
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