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Montaukett chief supports Shinnecock's push for recognition

Thursday August 19, 2010 6:42 AM By Mark Dwyer

Robert Pharaoh is the Montaukett Nation Chief and

Photo credit: Audrey C. Tiernan

  A Long Island chief of the Montaukett Indian Nation Wednesday demanded that a lawyer for a rival leader cease his efforts to block the Shinnecock Nation's federal recognition using the Montaukett name or face legal action.

In a letter sent Wednesday to the attorney for a rival faction of Montauketts, Robert Pharaoh, whose ancestors led the Montaukett tribe for centuries, branded the...

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