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Do as I say, not as I do

CapeCodTimes.com - Mashpee opposes tribe's land plan: "The town of Mashpee is asking the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to deny the Mashpee Wampanoag's land-into-trust application, a move that could stall the tribe's plans for a $1 billion casino."

Whites have been screwing over Native Americans for centuries by implementing treaties that they break or ultimately don't even attempt to enforce over and over again. So the irony of the town of Mashpee saying they want a deal that guarantees them in writing that the Wampanoag tribe won't go after land controlled by (non-native) landowners is undeniable.

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