Mashpee Wampanoag Confront 'Loss Of Self-Governance' After Interior Department Reversal
The federal government has ruled that the tribe should not have qualified for the 321 acres of reservation land that it was granted in 2015.
The federal government has ruled that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe does not qualify for a reservation, effectively reversing an Obama-era decision to place 321 acres into federal trust for the tribe.
The Mashpee Wampanoag say that their ancestors have occupied the land in southeastern Massachusetts since before human memory. Tribal leaders are equating
