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Shinnecock makes personal case for recognition
WASHINGTON - Shinnecock Indian Nation trustee chairman Randy King capped a two-hour meeting here Wednesday on the tribe's quest for federal recognition with an emotional plea for regulators to "humanize this process."
"It's been a long journey," he told a three-member panel from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Federal Acknowledgment. "This 31-year ordeal has been about documents....
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