Petition of the Indians at Okokamy or Christiantown to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A request by the natives at Okokamy (or Christiantown) for the interposition of the General Court regarding the illegal removal of trees from native lands, and the Court's response
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Christiantown, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown
Protocol: 
Christiantown Public
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Abstract Concepts, Civil Actions, Commerce/Trade, Commercial Transactions/Sale of Goods, Complaints, Controversy, Disputes, Encroachment -- People, Indians, Justice/Injustice, Land, Land Rights, Land Use, Law, Natural Resources, Property -- Tribal, Resources, Sovereignty, Temperance/Intemperance, Theft, Timber/Wood, Trespass, Petitions, Women
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.31, Doc.315-316
Identifier: 
1741.07.00.00
Subject: 
Christiantown