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Why help only the Mashpee Wampanoag?

Why help only the Mashpee Wampanoag?

All tribes deserve same rights, including Aquinnah Wampanoags

By Paul DeBole Casinos 0 Comments May 17, 2019

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK for the Mashpee Wampanoag in their quest to open a tribal casino in Taunton. The US House of Representative passed the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Reservation Reaffirmation Act by a vote of 275 to 146. The act is designed to correct a flaw in the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934(...)

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