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05/27/2005

Tribe urged to embrace BLB deal
PROVIDENCE -- Narragansett tribal leaders went to the State House yesterday seeking talks about the sale of tax-free cigarettes. Instead, they were urged to get on board with a deal to add video-slot machines to Lincoln Park, according to Governor Carcieri.

05/24/2005

Tribe postpones reopening shop
PROVIDENCE -- The Narragansett Indian tribe will hold off on reopening its tax-free smoke shop until the legal case plays out, lawyers for the tribe announced yesterday.

05/21/2005

Tribe to reopen smoke shop; state questions legality
CHARLESTOWN -- Narragansett Indian leaders plan to reopen the tribe's smoke shop in the coming weeks and sell tax-free cigarettes to Native Americans.

05/14/2005

Narragansetts consider reopening smoke shop
CHARLESTOWN -- Heartened by a federal appeals court ruling, the Narragansett tribal government yesterday began weighing the future of its smoke shop on South County Trail.

05/13/2005

Court rules raid violated tribe's rights
BOSTON -- A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the state violated the Narragansett Indian tribe's sovereign rights when it raided its smoke shop and arrested tribal officials in a violent scuffle in July 2003.

05/12/2005

Appeals court splits ruling in smoke-shop tax suit
Updated 7:36 p.m.
A federal appeals court has decided that the Narragansett Indian tribe violated state law by selling cigarettes without collecting taxes, but the court also ruled that the tribe's sovereign rights were violated when state troopers stormed onto the tribe's land in July 2003 and shut down its smoke shop.