Gover quoted in 'Boston Globe'

02/27/2007

Gover quoted in 'Boston Globe'
      Kevin Gover, professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of law was quoted in the Feb. 15 issue of the Boston Globe, in a story headlined, "Mashpee recognition near: New federal status for tribe could spur Mass. casino effort."
     The story, by reporter Raja Mishra, outlines efforts by the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to gain federal recognition as a sovereign nation, a designation that would allow the tribe to build a casino in Massachusetts.
     According to the article, the tribe initially befriended the Pilgrims, a cooperation immortalized in the Thanksgiving story, but were later slaughtered and forced to settle in Mashpee, where about 1,500 members remain.
     Gover, a former assistant secretary of Indian affairs in the Clinton administration, said the tribe should be recognized.
     "What took so long?," Gover asked in the article. "This is clearly a tribe and has always been a tribe. This is a community that federal Indian policy has failed."
     You can read the article here.
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