Mashuntucket Pequots, 1978-1997

File — Box: 22, Folder: 4-11

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1978-1997

Creator

From the Collection: Warner, Truman A. 1920-1997 (Person)

Access Restrictions

Open for research without restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 63.5 Linear Feet (, 64 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Series: English

Additional Description

General note

Folders 16, and 17 focus on history of the Pequots land claims in Ledyard, tribal recognition (under President Reagan) to restitution of ancestral lands and sovereign nation status. Ratification of gaming compacts and slot machine operations by Gov. Lowell P. Weicker in 1993. Eastern Pequot Tribes claims in North Stonington Tribal courts, Office of Tribal Justice, Janet Reno on criminal jurisdiction for reservations, Indians Bureau Probe, Indian Child Welfare Act, blood requirements for bona fide recognition to Pequot tribe, and Foxwoods Casino expansion.