Settlement Highlights

• The right of the United American Indians of New England to demonstrate on Cole's Hill and to march in Plymouth on National Day of Mourning is recognized in perpetuity without the requirement of a permit.

• All charges against the Plymouth 25 defendants are dropped.

• Plymouth pays $100,000 to the Metacom Education Fund for education on the true history of Native people, pays $20,000 to the A.C.L.U. for legal fees to the Plymouth 25 defendants' lawyers, and pays $15,000 for 2 plaques, one on Cole's Hill commemorating the National Day of Mourning and one in Plymouth's Post Office Square telling the history of Metacom, also known as King Philip, whose head was posted on a pike in that square for 25 years after he was killed by the English. No payments will be made to any individuals as part of the settlement.