When Danielle Hill, a citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts and one of the tribal leaders, heard the news that the Department of the Interior revoked the trust status of their land, she was in shock.
The 321 acres of land on Cape Cod owned by the tribe was subject to a series of legal battles regarding its status shortly after it was put into trust in 2015, a title which grants the tribe sovereignty and federal protection over their land.