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Bethany Berger - News & Courts

In the News

• 2003-10-07, WNPR: Bethany Berger was interviewed for the story Is It Indian COuntry?. A member of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe has filed a lawsuit against the State Department of Revenue Services, claiming that the land she lived on was "Indian country" and she should not have had to pay state taxes.
• 2003-10-04, New Have Register: Thomas Morawetz was quoted in the editorial Advocate's encounter with juror sparks concern. Written by Associated Press, the story is about the lawyer for a Meriden mother charged in the suicide of her 12-year-old son asking for a mistrial after a supporter of the mother's spoke to a juror. .
• 2003-10-02, Norwich Bulletin: Bethany Berger was quoted in the article Towns join Indian tax suit. Written by Brian Lyman, the article covers a Mashantucket Pequot tribe member's lawsuit against the state over income taxes.
• 2003-05-18, The Greenwich Time: Bethany Berger was quoted in the article Fight looms for Indians staking Forks claim: Experts predict lawsuits and tough legal challenges. The article, written by John Micek and John Bull, is about an Oklahoma-based Indian tribe that has laid claim to land in Pennsylvania.
• 2003-05-16, The Morning Call (PA): Bethany Berger was quoted in the article Fight looms for Indians staking Forks claim: Experts predict lawsuits and tough legal challenges. The article, written by John Micek and John Bull, is about an Oklahoma-based Indian tribe that has laid claim to land in Pennsylvania.
• 2003-01-23, Stamford Advocate: Professor Bethany Berger was quoted in the article Paugussetts Threaten to Make Large Land Claims
• 2002-07-28, The New York Times: Dean and Professor Nell Jessup Newton and the efforts of the University of Connecticut School of Law to build an Indian Law program are profiled. Professors Richard Pomp and Bethany Berger are also quoted.
• 2002-07-05, The Hartford Courant: Professor Bethany Berger submits an op-ed piece about the difficult issues facing the newly-recognized Eastern Pequots tribe.
• 2002-07-01, Indian Country: Dean and Professor Nell Jessup Newton and professor Bethany Berger are quoted in an article about the history of the Eastern Pequot American Indian tribe and the issues to be confronted when forming a government.
• 2002-06-26, Norwich Bulletin: Dean and Professor Nell Jessup Newton and professors Bethany Berger and Richard Pomp are quoted in an article about the federal recognition of the Paucatuck Eastern Pequots and the Eastern Pequots as one tribe.
• 2002-06-26, The Stamford Advocate: Dean and Professor Nell Jessup Newton and Professor Bethany Berger are quoted in an article about the need for the Eastern Pequots and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequots tribes to form one tribal government.
• 2001-11-15, The Advocate: Professor Bethany Berger is interviewed about the Golden Hill Paugussett tribe's request for federal recognition.
• 2001-11-12, UConn Advance: Professor Bethany Berger is profiled.
• 2001-10-31, The Providence Journal-Bulletin: Professor Bethany Berger contributes an op-ed piece concerning the recognition of the Nipmuc tribe.
• 2001-09-28, The Hartford Courant: Professor Bethany Berger contributes an op-ed piece suggesting a different metaphor for eradicating the threat of terrorism.