[CPEO-MEF] TRIBES, REUSE: "Narragansetts still want Navy land" in Rhode Island

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Narragansetts still want Navy land


By Richard Salit
Providence Journal (RI)
December 9, 2009

The Narragansett Indians are still interested in Navy land on Aquidneck 
Island despite Monday's announcement that the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
had withdrawn an application to acquire the surplus property on behalf 
of the tribe.

John Brown, medicine man in training, said the tribe did not support the 
application withdrawal and wants to continue to talk to Indian Affairs 
about the effort.

"We're working to redress the decision that was made," Brown said. "We 
are very interested in this property."

The Navy announced earlier this year that, as part of the Defense 
Department's Base Realignment and Closure Initiative (BRAC), it will 
dispose of 260 acres of land along the western shore of Aquidneck Island 
in Newport, Portsmouth and Middletown. The Navy is seeking market value 
for the land, which includes waterfront tracts and contaminated former 
fuel tanks sites.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.projo.com/news/content/TRIBE_WANTS_NAVY_LAND_12-09-09_NHGNR8I_v13.3989855.html

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