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Draft of a Portion of the Senate Report for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: Sections titled "Purpose", "Background and Need" and "Special Issues" (09/10/1980)
Draft of a Portion of the Senate Report for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: Sections titled "Purpose," "Background and Need" and "Special Issues." Includes handwritten notes.
Letter to Maine Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Indian Land Claims from Maine Attorney General Richard Cohen regarding amendments to the Maine Implementing Bill, discussing fishing and hunting rights (04/01/1980)
Letter to Maine Committee from Maine Attorney General regarding amendments to state bill, discussing fishing and hunting rights.
Memo to Senator William S. Cohen from Timothy Woodcock summarizing proposed legislative solution to Indian land claim (03/20/1980)
This memo provides an overview of the state act, focusing on jurisdiction, hunting and taxation; and comments on money for land and on selling bill to Congress. Includes Cayuga bill for reference.
Letter to Maine Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Indian Land Claims from Maine Attorney General Richard Cohen explaining certain aspects of the jurisdictional arrangement on Tribal lands (04/02/1980)
The Tribe has licensing authority to regulate hunting and fishing in small ponds, the Tribal State Commission has authority in large ponds, rivers and streams. Tribal policy can bar non-Indians from the lands. Tribes can close their land to fishing…