Cranberries

Petition of Simon Johnson and Other Gayhead Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request that such laws be enacted that would protect the cranberries growing on Indian lands from illegal and untimely harvest by native and non-native alike
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power & Sovereignty
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Petition of Thomas Cooper and Other Gay Head Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request that fines be imposed on such non-Indians that gather cranberries on Indian land without consent
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power & Sovereignty
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Petition of Margaret Peters and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Summary: 
A request for the interposition of the Legislature in the protection of the rights and privileges of the Chappaquiddick Indians
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Chappaquiddick
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power & Sovereignty
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