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| | Legacy of the land claims - Bangornews.com Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | In 1796, it had ceded most of its land to Massachusetts in return for an annual payment of supplies including 500 bushels of corn, 15 barrels of flour, seven barrels of clear pork, one hogshead of molasses, 100 yards of cloth and 50 good blankets. |
 | | Penobscot leaders asked Tureen to include them in his 1972 lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior, attorneys for which had argued that the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy were "state Indians" who were not federally recognized and therefore not covered under the Nonintercourse Act. |
 | | The ruling itself, although significant, still didn't catch the attention of state leaders, including the man the tribes believed to be their biggest adversary at that time: Maine Gov. Jim Longley, who had taken office earlier that year. |
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