Living Eastern Connecticut life. Weather Forecast and latest conditions. Your guide to the 'Net, gadgets, games and more. The Mashantucket Pequot tribe files a lawsuit in federal court in Connecticut alleging the state violated the Non-Intercourse Act by selling a portion of its reservation land. Town leaders claim the tribe's land claim lawsuit has discouraged insurance companies from issuing policies in the region.
Banks refuse to issue mortgages without title insurance.
The Connecticut General Assembly unanimously approves legislation that transfers the Mashantucket's 214-acre state reservation and 20 acres of state land to the tribe. The legislation contains a clause preventing it from going into effect until after the tribe land claim is settled. Gov. William O'Neill signs the state bill into law. Connecticut senators Lowell P. Weicker and Christopher J. Dodd introduce legislation to settle the land claims. The House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and Senate Select Committee hold public hearing on the legislation.