Word: tureen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thomas N. Tureen, attorney for the Indians said yesterday, "the trial was going to be a futile act," because the U.S. Department of Interior will make the final decision regardless of whether its definition of a tribe differs from Skinner's. The department will base its decision on the findings of a panel of experts and tribal history archaeologists, Tureen added...
When Discussion Leader Tom DiBacco of American University announces a refreshment break, the others ignore him; they are busy drafting policy proposals at the corners of the room. DiBacco walks alone out to the foyer and picks up a Coke from the silver tureen...
Thomas N. Tureen, attorney for the Indians, said Saturday the jury returned "an impossible set of answers not supported by the evidence...
...said the defense lawyers offered the jury a false definition of a tribe, which may have confused the jury. St. Clair emphasized the assimilation of the Mashpee Indians in his arguments but Tureen said "You don't stop being an Indian because you're culturally assimilated...
...Tureen, the attorney for the Gay Head Wamponoags, said he could not predict the effect of the Mashpee decision on the Martha's Vineyard case in which the Wamponoags of Gay Head are claiming 200 acres of land in Gay Head. He added the difference between the two cases is that "the people have a disposition to resolve the matter...