The Western Mohegan Tribe & Nation of New York has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Against the Native American community’s grip of sovereign rights, the request for protection from a federal court would be a jarring development—that is, if only the group seeking protection were one of the 566 tribes that have been officially recognized by the U.S. government.
In fact, the Western Mohegan Tribe failed to get that federal recognition after its leader, Ronald A. Roberts, known as Golden Eagle, submitted a request to the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs 15 years ago. (Note: At one point, Roberts had also sued New York state, asking for two centuries worth of rent for thousands of acres of public land.)
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