Cedric Cromwell, also known as Qaqeemasq (or Running Bear) in Wôpanâak, is the Former Tribal Council Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts.
[4] Cromwell has gained financial backing for the tribe's casino development effort from the Malaysian billionaire Lim Goh Tong and his Kien Huat Realty arm of the Genting Group.
[5] Because the Wampanoag have long been without a reservation, Cromwell is committed to securing federal lands in trust for the tribe.
The previous council chair Glenn Marshall had similar proposals for a Mashpee Wampanoag land-in-trust reservation, including the establishment of an international free-trade zone and Indian wholesale banking operations independent from state and federal regulators.
[7] He is working to gain Congressional approval for legislation to enable the Wampanoag to acquire land for the government to hold in trust.