BIA was aware tribe did not measure up to recognition rules - 2004-03-12
The Bureau of Indian Affairs supported federal recognition for the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation in spite of knowing that the tribe did not measure up to the existing agency rules, according to a BIA letter publicly disclosed Thursday.
Federal recognition would offer the Schaghticokes, who have had state recognition for hundreds of years, access to funding for education, health care and housing. It also would make the tribe eligible to run a casino, which it is looking at for sites in Fairfield County.
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