Native Opinion Podcast An American Indian Perspective

Native Opinion Episode 31 “They Assume Rights That Are Not Theirs”   Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook.com/nativeopinion Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion     Native News:   ARTICLE 1: Eastern Pequots resurrect federal recognition bid   Published June 02. 2016 7:09PM  By Brian Hallenbeck  Day staff writer Http://www.theday.com    First the news. Then the context. The news is: The Eastern Pequot Tribe has renewed its pursuit of federal recognition, a crucial status it won in a 2002 Bureau of Indian Affairs decision that was reversed three years later. In a petition sent last month to the BIA, the tribe — identifying itself as the “Historical Eastern Pequot Tribe” — asks the agency to “declare and reaffirm” its status as a “Previously Federally Acknowledged Tribe.” Summary: Taken from the article. What does this mean for The Eastern Pequot Nation? Following a lengthy overhaul of the federal-recognition process, the Interior Department adopted new