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negotiate, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act creates a right of action for the prospective gaming tribe to sue the state government.44 Rhode Island rebuffed the Narragansett's request to negotiate. Citing their full sovereignty, the tribe promptly filed suit in federal court.
The day was December 19, 1675 and the massacred enemy was the Narragansett Indians of southeastern New England, whom the English believed were supporting the Wampanoag combatants in the ongoing conflict known as King Philip’s War, an Indian revolt led by Metacom, the sachem of the Wampanoag tribe.
In 1636, the Narragansett were able to defeat the Pequot with the help of the English. The Mohegans, who were a branch of the Pequot, later captured the chief sachem of the Narragansetts,...
The sachems of the Narragansett tribe defined their relationship with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the Act of Submission of 1644, which took the form of a letter to King Charles I of England.
The documents below are a Narragansett letter sent to Charles I and the Narragansett response to a summons from Massachusetts Bay authorities to the sachems Conanicus, Miantonomi’s uncle, and Pessicus, Miantonomi’s brother and successor, to appear in Boston.
Key points. A decision that frustrates legitimate expectations is illegal where the legitimate expectations were not taken into account in the decision making process. Detrimental reliance, though a relevant factor, is not necessary to establish a legitimate expectation.
Additionally, the Narragansett sachem, Canonchet, was captured by Connecticut and Mohegan forces and executed in early May. Canonchet was a major war leader, not only for the Narragansetts, but also for the Wampanoags and Nipmucs who the Narragansetts had joined in rebellion against the English.
