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At issue is whether the tribe’s 151 acres of land in Taunton qualifies to be placed into federal trust by the US Department of the Interior (DOI). The DOI under President Barack Obama said it did. Under President Donald Trump, Interior said it did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Biden has nominated Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to head the Interior Department. If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first Native American tribal member to sit on a presidential cabinet. She would also be the first Native American to lead the Interior Department.<\/p>\n
Haaland has expressed support for allowing the Mashpee’s land in Taunton to be deemed sovereign territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The former chairman of a Massachusetts Native American tribe is seeking to have federal bribery and extortion charges against him dismissed. Cedric Cromwell led the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe from 2009 until his ousting last November. He’s accused of accepting kickbacks in relation to the tribe’s planning of a $1 billion casino resort in Taunton. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":162348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Massachusetts Tribal Leader in Casino Scandal Seeks Case Dismissal<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n