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Handwritten note from Tim Vollmann (Department of Interior) to Thomas Tureen (NARF Attorney for the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation), with a portion of a draft bill attached (07/16/1979)
Both Section 4 and Section 6 of this draft deal with Extinguishment of Claims (what is now found in 25 U.S.C. 1723). Section 10 of this draft deals with Application of State Law (an early version of what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725). What we…
Amendment to Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829 (Senate) in the Nature of a Substitute
Section 4 corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723. Section 6(h) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h), but here has a handwritten notation that the language is "not firm" yet. This version of the bill does not yet contain…
Draft of a Portion of the Senate Report for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: Summary of Major Provisions (of the Act) (Undated)
Though this draft is not identical to the final version of the Senate Report, the language is similar, except for the explanation of "materially affect" for Section 16(b). Section 16(b) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1735(b), but the…
Amendment to Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829 (Senate) in the Nature of a Substitute (Undated)
Of particular interest is how Section 16(b) (now known as 25 U.S.C. 1735(b)) reads: "The provisions of a federal act adopted after this Act shall modify or alter the provisions of this Act, and the Maine Implementing Act only if such later Act…
Memo from Tim Vollmann (Department of Interior) to Leo Krulitz (Solicitor), with draft bill attached of Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (MICSA) (07/31/1979)
Both Section 4 and Section 6 of this draft deal here with Extinguishment of Claims (what is now found in 25 U.S.C. 1723). Section 10 of this draft deals with Application of State Law (an early version of what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725). What…
Letter from Diane Greenberg (Department of Interior) to Senator Edmund Muskie, with draft bill attached of Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (MICSA) (09/07/1979)
Both Section 4 and Section 6 of this draft deal with Extinguishment of Claims (what is now found in 25 U.S.C. 1723). Section 10 of this draft deals with Application of State Law (an early version of what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725). What we…
Memo from Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Negotiation Committee to the White House Task Force on Indian Claims in Maine (Draft), regarding the settlement package that is being negotiated (01/02/1978)
Memo from Passamaquoddy/Penobscot Negotiation Committee "sett[ing] forth those items on which we have agreed . . . and our proposals for resolution of those items, which remain unresolved." Of particular interest is the mention of engaging in…
Amendment to Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829 (Senate) in the Nature of a Substitute (Undated)
Draft of Bill S. 2829 before Section 6(b) (now known as 25 U.S.C. 1725(b)) was finalized. Section 4 corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723. Section 6(h) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h). This version of the bill does…
Memo to Eliot Cutler (White House, OMB), Douglas Huron (Associate Counsel to the President), Edwin Kneedler (Department of Justice) and Tim Vollmann (Department of Interior) from Kay Oberly (Department of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Division), with draft of Maine Indian Claims Settlement legislation attached (07/18/1978)
Sections 4 and 7 of this draft deal with Extinguishment of Claims (what is now found in 25 U.S.C. 1723). What we know today as 25 U.S.C. 1725 (Application of State Law) is not yet included. The provision in the 07/07/1977 draft that affirms that…
Proposed Changes to Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829 from the Departments of the Interior and of Justice (07/10/1980)
Among the proposed changes are changes to Sections 4 and 6(g) (which correspond to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723 and 1725(h). There is an attempt made here to list specifically which federal laws would not apply to the Tribes under 25 U.S.C.…