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August 22, 2017

Pokanoket Nation Launches Occupation at Brown U. to Reclaim Ancestral Land
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And in Bristol, Rhode Island, members of the Pokanoket Nation have
launched a permanent encampment aimed at reclaiming their sacred
ancestral land, which is currently claimed by Brown University.

Po Wauipi Neimpaug: "My name is Po Wauipi Neimpaug and I am the Sagamore
of the Council Seven, Royal House, of the Pokanoket Tribe of the
Pokanoket Nation. We are here at camp Po Metaco to repatriate the land
'principal village' of my people back to our nation."



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