Word: laws
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lawsuit, the Indians say the town took away land in violation of a 1790 federal law that prohibited any transfer of Indian land without Congressional approval...
...white jury ruled that although the state recognizes the Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, the Wampanoags were not a tribe on four key dates: in August 1976 when they filed the suit; in 1790, the date of a federal law that forms the basis for the land claim; and in 1869-70 when the Indian district of Mashpee was incorporated as a town...
...appeal, the Wampanoags contended that the tribe never relinquished control of the 11,000 acres of Mashpee. The Indians said the Massachusetts legislature's incorporation of Mashpee as a town in 1870 violated the federal law...
They noticed some photographs of John Kennedy. Special high-level dispensation was required before Ambassador Sargent Shriver-married to President Kennedy's sister Eunice-was permitted to keep the pictures of his brother-in-law on visible display...
Explains Sister Eileen Harrington, 27, who is not only a nun but a law student as well: "We didn't want to go to court, but Blue Diamond left us no choice. As Christian women, we don't often put ourselves in an adversary position...