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Lawsuit may set Indian land use

 
By The Associated Press | Published: November 3, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Narragansett Indian Tribe bought a 31-acre lot in 1991, saying it would be used for "economic development” and housing for the elderly and poor.

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The case being closely watched across the country because it could determine how tribes recognized after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act are allowed to buy, govern and use land.

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However, the state of Rhode Island, fearing the tribe really wants to create a tax-free zone or build a casino, sued to block the Narragansetts from putting the land into federal trust, which would essentially free it from state and local law.

Today, their fight reaches the U.S. Supreme Court.The top court must decide whether the U.S. secretary of the interior can hold land in trust for tribes like the Narragansetts who were federally recognized after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act was enacted. It also will have to clarify whether a 1978 land settlement between the tribe and Rhode Island puts limits on new trust lands in the state.

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