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Apr 8, 2008 9:07 am US/Eastern

Mashpee Residents Approve Land Deal With Tribe

MASHPEE (AP) ― Voters in Mashpee have approved an agreement with the Wampanoag tribe which protects the town from future land claims while guaranteeing that a casino will not be built on tribal land.

The deal was struck after more than a year and a half of negotiations between selectmen and the tribal council. It was ratified Monday on a near-unanimous vote at a special Town Meeting.

The agreement puts 140 acres of land into trust through the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. But it includes a promise that the tribe would not try to build a casino, or make further claims to land owned by the town or private citizens.

The Mashpee Wampanoags are seeking to build a resort casino on a 539-acre site in the southeastern Massachusetts town of Middleborough.

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