Sovereignty

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Petition of Simon Porridge and other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

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Chappaquiddick
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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Petition of Reuben Cognehew to His Majesty, King George III of England

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for redress concerning English Encroachment on Mashpee lands
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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, 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
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Petition of 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 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
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Response of the Chappaquiddick Indians to John Norton's Petition to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
An answer by Joel Joel, Benjamin Natak, Benjamin Natak, Jr., and others of the Chappaquiddick Tribe in their opposition to a request by the Proprietors of Chappaquiddick Island for confirmation of their title to land
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Petition of Robin Suncasin and Other 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, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Robin Suncasin and others Mashpee natives for the interposition of the Legislature in the protection of their land, marsh, and river from encroachment
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Petition of Alquat and Walumpe to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Pocumtuck
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Alquat And Walumpe of Pohassick seeking payment for land illegally claimed by Westfield residents
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Petition of the Indians at Okokamy or Christiantown to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request by the natives at Okokamy (or Christiantown) for the interposition of the General Court regarding the illegal removal of trees from native lands, and the Court's response
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Petition of Robert Cathcart of Tisbury to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request by Robert Cathcart of the Governor and General Court to appoint someone to resolve native and non-native land boundary disputes, and the responses of the Court and Carhart
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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