Petition of Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A complaint by James Robbins, John Joel, Benjamin Natick, and others of the Chappaquiddick Tribe to the Committee for Managing Indian Affairs in Dukes County seeking relieve from and restitution for trespass by non-Natives on Indian land
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Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Protocol: 
Chappaquiddick Public
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Abstract Concepts, Agriculture, Boundaries/Frontiers, Cattle, Causes of Poverty, Complaints, Criminal Actions, Damages, Description, Disputes, Domestic Animals, Encroachment, Encroachment -- Animals, Encroachment -- People, Fences/Enclosures, Imperial Actions, Indians, Islands, Justice/Injustice, Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Land Division, Land Ownership, Land Rights, Land Use, Landforms -- Terrestrial, Law, Livestock, Petitions, Resources, Sovereignty, Theft, Timber/Wood, Trespass, Vandalism
Original Date: 
1766 January 28th
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.33, Doc.368-370
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Identifier: 
1766.01.28.01
Subject: 
Chappaquiddick