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Deep divisions seen in Unkechaug tribe

A file photo of former Unkechaug Indian Nation

Photo credit: Ed Betz | A file photo of former Unkechaug Indian Nation Chief Harry Wallace. (Dec. 14, 2009)

Current and former leaders of the Unkechaug Indian Nation are waging an explosive war of words in a barrage of recent court filings that expose deep divisions at the Poospatuck Reservation in Mastic.

Former chief Harry Wallace and 11 other tribal members, in a state Supreme Court filing in Riverhead this summer, accuse three members of the newly elected tribal council and a council adviser...

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