41.   Someday, land claims may also be filed by several groups without federal recognition, including the Shinnecocks and the Poospatucks on Long Island.

42.   Starna said all the five pending Indian land claims in New York could have been resolved years ago, and on various occasions, some of them nearly were.

43.   State officials have tried for years to settle the land claims, in some cases offering the prospect of lucrative casinos if the tribes drop the claims.

44.   The aboriginal territory of the Nipmucs extends from central Massachusetts to northeastern Connecticut and Rhode Island, and land claims for reservations may be made in those areas.

45.   The central government has ignored indigenous land claims and seized the land for timber and palm oil plantations, and for migrants.

46.   The groups, especially the Ijaw and Itsekiri, have been fighting intensely since fall over land claims and the location of a local government.

47.   The governor also indicated he is willing to go to court to decide the land claim damages owed Native Americans instead of settling out-of-court.

48.   The governor indicated he is willing to go to court to decide the land claim damages owed Native Americans instead of settling out-of-court.

49.   The three Chiefs of the Onongada Indains outside their long house in April holding wampum belts they claim represent pending land claims.

50.   The Tiguas would not be the first tribe in Texas to take their land claim to court.