William McDermott, the West Roxbury attorney who advised
Mashpee Wampanoag tribe leaders they could shun other members, is giving up his
nearly $150,000 per year job as the tribe's legal counsel.
In a letter dated Jan. 7, McDermott tells the tribal
council that his resignation is effective at the first "regularly scheduled
meeting of...
Two contenders have emerged so far to fill the top job in a tribal government
awash in the financial scandal that former chairman Glenn Marshall left in his
wake.
M...
It's been nearly a decade since a Detroit real estate
developer began pumping money into a local Indian tribe's coffers.
In that time, however, conditions have change...
About 60 members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe met Sunday with representatives
of Ropes & Gray, a law firm representing tribal interests in an ongoing
federal investiga...
