Overseers/Guardians -- Complaint

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Committee Report and Order of the Massachusetts General Court on the Petition of Amos Ahauton and Other Indians at Ponkapoag

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Report into the complaint of the Ponkapoag against John Quincy as Guardian
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Petition of Amos Ahauton and Other Indians at Ponkapoag to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Request of four Ponkapoag leaders to ask the Legislature to review the tribe's accounts with a view to providing for the community, especially the elderly
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Petition of John Coquet and other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of John Coquet and others for the interposition of the Legislature in the sale and development of land by overseer Simeon Butler, includes the order for Butler's removal
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Petition of Jonathan Cuffe and Other Gayhead Indians to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A complaint of injustices at the hands of their guardians and a request for the removal of the said guardians
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Petition and Remonstrance of Ebenezer Queppish and Other Mashpee Indians to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A remonstrance against the recent alteration in the form of government at Mashpee
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Response of Reverend Gideon Hawley to Petitions Sent to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
An address relative to recent petitions from the Mashpee Tribe
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Petition of Sarah Mye and Other Mashpee Indians to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A remonstrance against the recent alteration in the form of government at Mashpee
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Petition of Elijah Pocknet and Other Mashpee Indians to to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A remonstrance against the recent alteration in the form of government at Mashpee and the encroachment of non-natives on the their lands
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Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for the dismissal of Gideon Hawley and Rueben Fish from guardianship and a statement of support for the recent changes in regulation regarding Mashpee
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Petition of Zerviah Gould Mitchell to the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Fall River/Troy
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A complaint regarding the illegal cutting and sale of wood from her land and a request for a legislative inquiry and redress