Mashpee Indian lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Title:
Mashpee Indian lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Description:
In this clip attorney Ann Gilmore, Co-council for the Mashpee Tribal Council in their lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts regarding the illegal seizure of land, compares the issues in the Regents of the University of California V. Bakke case to that of the Council's case. Overall the program examines the initial 1976 lawsuit (and subsequent appeal) filed by the Mashpee Tribal Council (of Mashpee, Mass.) against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, citing the illegal seizure of native lands. Host Sixto Escobar reviews the heart of the lawsuit (the 1830 division of this land by the state, without congressional approval, in which each Wampanoag received 60 acres), and speaks with Russell Peters (President of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council) and attorney Ann Gilmore (co-counsel for the Tribe in the trial) about the council's case and the issues raised in court. Program features footage from WGBH-TV's 10 O'Clock News story on the lawsuit and its impact on the town. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Brian Clarke.
Director:
Clarke, Brian
Creator:
Deare, Beth
Producer:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Contributor:
Hill, Rebecca
Contributor:
Rosenthal, Iris
Contributor:
Buccheri, Ron
Contributor:
Lewis, Webster
Host:
Escobar, Sixto
Contributor:
Smith, Kathy
Contributor:
Fong, Diana
Contributor:
Stewart, Aubrey
Contributor:
Rivera, George
Contributor:
Brennan, Susan
Contributor:
Bordett, Bruce
Contributor:
Holden, Dick
Contributor:
Mahard, Fran
Contributor:
Sullivan, John L.
Contributor:
Plausse, John
Contributor:
Demers, Leo
Contributor:
Beres, Marc
Contributor:
Merhar, Milan
Contributor:
Mackles, Gene
Contributor:
Lane, Frank
Contributor:
Hudson, Harvey
Contributor:
Wong, Evelyn
Contributor:
St. Onge, David
Date:
May 4, 1979
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Gilmore, Ann
Indians of North America--Massachusetts
Peters, Russell
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc
Indians of North America--Land tenure
10 O'Clock News (Television program)
Link to Item:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9BD40FAA330047AB81FE0DAC1D3D60E0
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_9BD40FAA330047AB81FE0DAC1D3D60E0