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The Narragansett claim was "the first of the eastern land claims to be settled." [3] The Narragansett received federal recognition in 1983 and have unsuccessfully attempted to establish a Native American gaming enterprise.
In 1978, the Narragansett Tribe signed a Joint Memorandum of Understanding (JMOU) with the state of Rhode Island, Town of Charlestown, and private property owners in settlement of their land claim. The state transferred a total of 1,800 acres (7.3 km 2 ) to a corporation formed to hold the land in trust for descendants of the 1880 Narragansett ...
The Passamaquoddy (1975), Narragansett I and II (1976), and Mohegan (1980, 1982) cases occurred in the U.S. Supreme Court's Oneida I (1974) decision, which held that there was federal subject-matter jurisdiction for such claims. The Florida Indian (Miccosukee) Land Claims Settlement and Florida Indian (Seminole) Land Claims Settlement relate to ...
In the case of the Narragansett land claim (D.R.I. 1976), Congress enacted a settlement after the court struck all the defendant's affirmative defenses (laches, statute of limitations/adverse possession, estoppel by sale, operation of state law, and public policy) and denied the state's motion to dismiss on the grounds of sovereign immunity and ...
In 2021, the Rhode Island Historical Society returned about 5 acres of land to the Narragansett Indian Tribe where the Great Swamp Massacre took place. But there are few other local precedents ...
Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the federal government could not take land into trust that was acquired by the Narragansett Tribe in the late 20th century, as it was not federally recognized until 1983.
The Narragansett Pier Casino was a large complex built in the “Shingle Style” of architecture, which, as the name implies, involved using many shingles across roofs, walls and other surfaces.
NARRAGANSETT − Is the town violating state law by limiting the number of short-term rentals? A group of landlords thinks so and has filed a lawsuit against the town to have its new rental ...