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Mashpee deal hits snag11 September 2007MASSACHUSETTS -- As reported by the Barnstable County Report: "Mashpee selectmen won't able to ratify an agreement they've been negotiating with lawyers for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council in time for the Oct. 1 special town meeting. "One of the provisions of the document would have the tribe agreeing not to revive a 30-year-old land suit against the town that halted development in Mashpee for years. Selectmen were to vote on an agreement at their meeting Monday tonight, but recent turbulent events within the tribe caused a delay. "According to Mashpee Town Manager Joyce Mason, the two issues to be addressed in the agreement are gaming and possible revival of the 30-year-old land suit brought by Wampanoag descendants to establish their claim to more than 15,000 acres in Mashpee. "So many people were expected at the tribal council's monthly meeting on Sunday that the council made arrangements to hold the gathering at the Mashpee High School. At least 250 tribe members attended on Sunday, according to some of those on hand..." |