Petition of Sundry Natives of Chappaquiddick to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

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Summary: 
A request for redress regarding injustices associated with the division of their lands
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Edgartown, MA

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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: 
Accounting/Finance, Boundaries/Frontiers, Land Division, Fences/Enclosures, Law, Livestock, Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Phase 1, Overseers/Guardians, Petitions, Property Issues, Race Relations, Trespass, Women, Domestic Animals, Property/Ownership Rights, Cattle, Improvement, Justice/Injustice, Debt/Debtors, Poor Relief, Taxation, Proprietors, Property
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Images may be used for purposes of research, private study, or education. To publish, exhibit, or broadcast this image, please contact the Massachusetts Archives to receive a Permission to Publish form: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/, 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125; Reference Desk: 617-727-2816 ext. 222; Email: archives@sec.state.ma.us
Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Resolves 1829, c.56, passed March 2, 1830
Identifier: 
1829.06.09.00
Subject: 
Chappaquiddick
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Cultural Narrative: 

The document shows the injustice felt by Chappaquiddick Wampanoag’s in how land was divided to non-Wampanoag’s. It specifically references those who were non-native but married to a Chappaquiddick Wampanoag and received land, but were not supporting and giving back to the community. Also in regards to those non-native but intermarried that would not help the poor in the tribe and pay communal debts.

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Edgartown, Massachusetts

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Title: 
Petition of Sundry Natives of Chappaquiddick to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives
Community: 
Chappaquiddick
Protocol: 
Chappaquiddick Public
Category: 
Arts & Abstract Ideas, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Keywords: 
_Interracial Native Families
Rights: 
Images may be used for purposes of research, private study, or education. To publish, exhibit, or broadcast this image, please contact the Massachusetts Archives to receive a Permission to Publish form: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/, 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125; Reference Desk: 617-727-2816 ext. 222; Email: archives@sec.state.ma.us
Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Resolves 1829, c.56, passed March 2, 1830
Identifier: 
1829.06.09.00
Subject: 
Chappaquiddick