Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Tunxis petition recalling the original grant of a 100-acre reservation at Indian Neck and another at Indian Hill to their ancestors and asking to be repossessed of the property
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Tribal response to the acceptance of the Committee's report, arguing that the deeds were legally void and that the report was based on an incorrect survey.
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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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
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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A request from John Pease, Joseph Huxford, and others seeking confirmation to the titles of lands purchased under dubious legal circumstances, and the General Court's response