Rhode Island Hopes Million Pact Ends Narragansett Claims
State officials seek a $1 million payment to the Narragansett Indians in exchange for relinquishing all future tribal rights to Charlestown homes. The deal would clear 17 000 acres of titles, aiding 3 700 residents who face mortgages and sales obstacles. Trial on related state land remains set for January.
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Experts declare Mashpees a tribe for land lawsuit
UPI reports expert witnesses in Boston testified that the Mashpee Indians form a tribe, detailing cultural revival efforts and past suppression. Town officials countered, saying the group lacks tribal status to sue for 16,000 acres valued around 300 million dollars, with wide economic disruption in Mashpee.
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Energy crisis pushes farms back to old methods in Maine
Bruce R. Poulton, chancellor of the University of New Hampshire, told the Maine Grange that fossil fuel shortages will force a return to less fertilizer and smaller tractors. He warned Maine has lost farmland and urged protecting land and maintaining family farms as a backbone of rugged individualism.
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