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Land Disputes
Petition of the Guardians of the Indians on Martha's Vineyard to the Massachusetts General Court
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A request by Paine Mayhew, William Hunt, and John Sumner for the Court to revisit and accept their previously submitted account of expenses
Petition of Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A complaint by Ben Edick, James Robbins, John Joel, and others of the Chappaquiddick Tribe seeking relieve from and restitution for trespass by non-Natives on Indian land
Petition of Proprietors at Gayhead to the Massachusetts General Court
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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An English translation of a request to address several plots of land that were rented out at Gayhead by tribal Guardians, Pain Mayhew and William Hunt
Petition of Proprietors at Gayhead to the Massachusetts General Court
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request to address several plots of land that were rented out at Gayhead by tribal Guardians, Pain Mayhew and William Hunt written in Wampanoag
Petition of John Norton of Edgartown to the Massachusetts General Court
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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A request by John Norton for the interposition of the General Court regarding land disputes at Edgartown, and the Court's response