Max Hart
Beverly Wright was walking through the National Mall in Washington, D.C., last week during the opening ceremony for the National Museum of the American Indian when a familiar face caught her eye.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
Wampanoag Sovereignty Arguments Are Heard at State Supreme Court By JULIA WELLS Attorneys on both sides of the sovereign immunity dispute in the town of Aquinnah took their arguments to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court this week, in a landmark case whose outcome is expected to have far-reaching implications for every town on the Vineyard. In the end the case will test the strength of the historic 1983 Indian land claims settlement agreement in this tiny town that is home to the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
The ghosts are quiet these days - if you believe in such things - but at the Vanderhoop homestead the screen door still bangs and the old wood sash windows rattle with the specter of a new future.
Aquinnah Cultural Center
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Martha's Vineyard Land Bank
Julia Wells
In the first regulatory review under its own maiden government since the superior court decision on sovereign immunity last year, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) this week permitted itself to build a 6,500-square-foot community center off Black Brook Road in Aquinnah. The community center will be built around a wetland.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Mandy Locke
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is launching two large building projects on the 190 acres of tribal land surrounding their headquarters in Aquinnah.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
Sovereignty is in the news these days. It's in Rhode Island, where tempers are running hot in an ongoing skirmish between the Narragansett Indian Tribe and state attorney general over whether the tribe can sell tax-free tobacco. It's in the Hamptons, where the Shinnecock Indian Nation has begun to clear land for a casino, contravening local zoning and state gaming laws.
Alan Dershowitz
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
The Aquinnah selectmen heard a distinct plea from their up-Island neighbors this week to formally appeal the recent superior court decision that found the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) cannot be sued because of sovereign immunity.
Aquinnah select board
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
Aquinnah Case in Towns' Eye Up-Island Selectmen Will Meet; Neighbors Support an Appeal of Ruling That Favored Tribe on Zoning By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer The town of Aquinnah will join the Gay Head Taxpayers Association in asking a superior court judge for reconsideration of his recent decision in favor of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Although the Aquinnah selectmen have agreed to join the move to reconsider, they have not yet decided whether to take the next step and appeal.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
In a land-use decision that has potentially far-reaching implications for every town on the Vineyard, a superior court judge ruled last week that the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) cannot be sued because of sovereign immunity. If allowed to stand, the ruling by the Hon. Richard F. Connon has the power to turn a landmark 1983 Indian land claims settlement on its head.
Aquinnah
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
A shed and a pier in the tiny town of Aquinnah were the fulcrum for court arguments this week that will ultimately test the question of whether the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) waived sov
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
Town and Tribe Collide in Court Case Set for Wednesday Hearing Has Far-Reaching Implications; Outcome Hinges on Issue of Tribal Sovereignty By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Julia Wells
A special superior court sitting is now set for next month in Edgartown on a case that will ultimately decide whether the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has the power to police itself when it comes to local zoning rules. The case will also decide the much larger issue of whether the tribe cannot be sued because of sovereign immunity. The case has attracted little attention, despite the fact that the outcome could have far-reaching implications for every town on the Vineyard.
Aquinnah
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

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