William S. Cohen Papers

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William S. Cohen Papers

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Documents from the William S. Cohen Papers have been provided by the Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine. Additional information about the collection can be accessed on their web page.

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Proposed Committee Report Language for Maine Settlement Act (or Maine Implementing Act), drafted by the Maine Legislature’s Joint Select Committee on Indian Land Claims (09/03/1980)
Proposed Committee Report Language for Maine Implementation Act

Memo to Senator William S. Cohen from Timothy Woodcock concerning issues the State of Maine was having with several provisions (09/05/1980)

Memo to Senator William S. Cohen from Timothy Woodcock summarizing disagreement between the U.S. Department of Interior and State of Maine regarding the status of Tribes as municipalities under the Maine Implementing Act (MIA) (08/28/1980)
Memo from Timothy Woodcock to Senator Cohen, summarizing disagreement between Interior and State: status of Tribes as municipalities under the Maine Implementing Act (MIA). The State specifically wanted to keep the Tribes under Maine law and not…

Maine Settlement Legislation: Meeting for Revisions; Portland, ME: July 10, 1980 (List of Participants) (07/10/1980)
List of participants for a Meeting for Revisions, Portland, ME, July 10, 1980

Individuals included on this attendance sheet:
• Boylan, Ginny; staff of Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs
• Brown, Andrew; staff of U.S. Representative Olympia Snowe
• Gomez, Sharon
• Hunt, JoJo; staff of Senate Select Committee on…

Draft of a Portion of the Senate Report for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: Sections titled "Purpose" and "Background and Need" (09/07/1980)
Draft of a Portion of the Senate Report for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: Sections titled "Purpose" and "Background and Need." Includes handwritten notes.

Draft of a Portion of the Senate Report for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: Sections titled "Summary of Major Provisions" and "Section-by-Section Analysis" (09/11/1980)
Draft of a Portion of the Senate Report for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: Sections titled "Summary of Major Provisions" and "Section-by-Section Analysis." Includes handwritten notes.

Witness List, Senate Hearing on Proposed Settlement of Maine Indian Land Claims (07/01/1980)
Witness List, Senate Hearing on Proposed Settlement of Maine Indian Land Claims

Letter from Reid Peyton Chambers (Attorney for Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians) to Cecil Andrus (Secretary of the Interior) (dated 07/15/1980), Attention to Tim Vollmann (Department of Interior) providing comments to “Proposed Changes in S. 2829,” supplied to Houlton Band by Tim Vollmann at a meeting on 07/10/1980

Tentative Response of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation to State Proposals for Amendments to S. 2829 (Undated)
Tentative Response of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation to State Proposals for Amendments to S. 2829
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