Despite tracing an ancestral line to the tribe that broke bread with the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving, the Mashpee were only granted federal recognition in 2007. They gradually lost ownership of their ancestral homelands to white settlers in the 19th century.<\/p>\n
The tribe has been left severely indebted to Genting by some $500 million, and the potential loss of the reservation threatens further economic hardship.<\/p>\n
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe\u2019s citizens are currently suffering a massive loss of resources and services due to the uncertainty of the trust status of the Reservation,\u201d reads the tribe\u2019s \u201cStand with the Mashpee\u201d campaign website.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cMillions of dollars of funding are being lost or delayed for our clean water program, our children\u2019s education \u2026 and critical community service programs,” it continues. \u201cIt\u2019s also a direct threat to our emergency services, housing, and substance abuse program that\u2019s desperately needed to combat the opioid epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The court is expected to take several months to issue its decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts will have 15 minutes next week to plead for its reservation and for the right to build a $1 billion casino resort in Taunton, in the southeast of the state. Mashpee tribal chairman Cedric Cromwell announced Wednesday that the First US Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":125672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Appellate Court to Hear Mashpee Fight for Reservation, First Light Casino<\/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