Letter to Peter Taylor (Special Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs) and Timothy Woodcock (Senate Minority Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs) from John Paterson (Maine Deputy Attorney General), suggesting edits to the mark-up draft of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829. (09/02/1980)
Indians of North America--Maine--Land tenure
Indians of North America--Maine--Claims
Indians of North America--Legal Status, Laws, etc.
Indians of North America--Government Relations
Indians of North America--Politics and Government
Suggests one edit to the language of Section 6(h) (what ultimately became 25 U.S.C. 1725(h)).
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Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Bill Files- Second Session, S. 2623- S.3222, Box. 12, Folder “S.2829”; 96th Congress; Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46; National Archives, Washington, DC.
9/2/1980
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Briefing Memo to the members of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs from Peter Taylor (Special Counsel) and Timothy Woodcock (Minority Counsel) regarding the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill, S. 2829 (selected pages) (09/15/1980)
Indians of North America--Maine--Land tenure
Indians of North America--Maine--Claims
Indians of North America--Legal Status, Laws, etc.
Indians of North America--Government Relations
Indians of North America--Politics and Government
The pages included here contain some of the history behind Bill S. 2829, as well as information regarding the purpose and meaning of various sections of the bill, including sections 4 and 6 (what ultimately became 25 U.S.C. 1723 and 1725).
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Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Bill Files- Second Session, S. 2623- S.3222, Box. 12, Folder “S.2829”; 96th Congress; Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46; National Archives, Washington, DC.
9/15/1980
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