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BOSTON (AP) - A group of "dune dwellers" who live in the Cape Cod shacks where writers such as Jack Kerouac and Norman Mailer sought solitude have lost their bid for a special cultural designation usually reserved for American Indian tribes.
The residents applied for a "traditional cultural property" designation given by the National Park Service to communities with shared values and historically significant cultural traditions.
The dune dwellers believed the status would protect them from getting kicked out of their 19 cottages, which are built on a two-mile strip of dunes in Truro and Provincetown at the far end of the Cape.
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