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DOI Recognized Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation

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December 22, 2021

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DOI reversed a Trump Administration decision and recognized the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s reservation and stated that the Tribe will retain its federally protected status. The Tribe gained federal recognition in 2007 and the reservation was placed in trust in 2015, but that decision was reversed by the Trump administration in 2018.