Mashpee Wampanoag tribe gets frightening notice from Trump administration just as residents grapple with devastating impact of COVID-19.
, according to Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell. Land in trust to the the federal government effectively grants a tribe special legal status and autonomy. The Mashpee Wampanoag, however, will still be officially recognized by the federal government as a Native American tribe, according to a spokesman for the Interior Department.
BREAKING: The Bureau of Indian Affairs today told the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe that the Secretary of the Interior has ordered that their reservation be disestablished and their land be taken out of trust.
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