Cheryl Andrews-Maltais

Dartmouth Public Schools officials have set a tentative date for a public input session on the high school's controversial Indian logo.

The Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe wants a dispute over its gambling rights settled in the federal courts.  The Martha's Vineyard-based tribe announced plans last month to open a small casino on the island. But the Commonwealth contends that the tribe gave up its gambling rights in a 1980s settlement that secured tribal lands on the island.  ...

Gov. Deval Patrick says he plans to meet with leaders of the Wampanoag of Aquinnah but does not anticipate a change in the state's position that the Martha's Vineyard-based tribe is ineligible for casino gambling.  Tribal chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais announced this week that the tribe had received federal approval to open a small casino on tribal land. She...

A Martha's Vineyard-based Indian tribe is claiming to have won federal approval to open a gambling facility on the island. The Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, a federally-recognized tribe, issued a statement on Tuesday saying it planned to move ahead with plans to convert an unfinished community center on tribal lands into a temporary Class II gambling facility. Such ...