Boundaries/Frontiers

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Petition of Mary Cook and other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A remonstrance of against the bill entitled "An Act for the Better Regulation, Instruction, and Government of the Indians and People of Color in the County of Duke's County"
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Petition of Samuel Peters and other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for the protection of the Tribe's wood resources and the removal and replacement of their guardian
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Petition of Jethro Dagget and Others to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A remonstrance against the petition of Valentine Pease and others
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Petition of Hannah Porridge and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A request of the Chappaquiddick Indians concerning land disputes
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Petition of Simon Porridge and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request by the inhabitants of Chappaquiddick for the removal of their guardians
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Petition of George Johnson and other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request that the fence or division between Indian and non-indian lands be maintained
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Petition of Simon Porridge and other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request that the fence or division between Indian and non-indian lands be maintained
1829.06.09.00_page1.jpg

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

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request for redress regarding injustices associated with the division of their lands
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Petition of Pero and Basheba Sharper to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for the sale of lands to aid in the support of Pero and Basheba Sharper
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Petition of Zadock Simpson and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to George Briggs, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for the removal and replacement of their current guardian, articulation of their boundaries, and a visit from a disinterested representative of the Governor to review the tribe's condition.