Leadership dispute roils tribe

For nearly two decades, Matthew Thomas has served as chief sachem for the roughly 2,400-member Narragansett Indian Tribe based in Charlestown. How much longer he’ll continue in that leadership post could now be up to a court to decide. The legal dispute hinges on whether Thomas was properly impeached during an election held on Oct.

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