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)
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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." Includes handwritten notes.
William S. Cohen Papers
William S. Cohen Papers (MS 106), Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 3.3.13.1 Box 9, Folder 1
9/10/1980
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Handwritten notes from Cohen Collection, with the name of James Case (Muskie's Chief Legislative Assistant) at the top (03/01/1979)
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William S. Cohen Papers
William S. Cohen Papers (MS 106), Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 3.3.13.2 Box 6, Folder 6
3/1/1979
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Memo from Timothy Woodcock to Senator William S. Cohen, containing notes regarding 07/10/1980 meeting in Portland for revisions to the federal Maine Indian Claims Settlement bill
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William S. Cohen Papers
William S. Cohen Papers (MS 106), Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 3.3.13.2 Box 5, Folder 11
7/11/1980
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Memo from Timothy Woodcock to Senator John Melcher and Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, containing a summary of the history behind and reasons for Bill S. 2829, as well as an explanation as to why Maliseets were being treated differently (07/01/1980)
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William S. Cohen Papers
William S. Cohen Papers (MS 106), Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 3.3.13.1 Box 9, Folder 5
7/1/1980
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Memo from Timothy Woodcock to Tom D. (?) containing a summary of meeting between delegation and parties to settlement on 5/29/1980, as well as an overview of what the legislative process would most likely look like (05/30/1980)
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William S. Cohen Papers
William S. Cohen Papers (MS 106), Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 3.3.13.2 Box 5, Folder 11
5/30/1980
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Memo to Senator William S. Cohen from Timothy Woodcock summarizing proposed legislative solution to Indian land claim (03/20/1980)
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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.
William S. Cohen Papers
William S. Cohen Papers (MS 106), Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 3.3.13.2 Box 5, Folder 11
3/20/1980
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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)
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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 give them the same sovereignty as tribes in the West have.
William S. Cohen Papers
William S. Cohen Papers (MS 106), Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 3.3.13.1 Box 8, Folder 6; or 3.3.13.2 Box 5, Folder 11
8/28/1980
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Memo to Senator William S. Cohen from Timothy Woodcock concerning issues the State of Maine was having with several provisions (09/05/1980)
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William S. Cohen Papers
William S. Cohen Papers (MS 106), Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 3.3.13.1 Box 8, Folder 1
9/5/1980
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Letter from Maine Attorney General Richard Cohen to Cecil Andrus, Secretary of Interior, after the hearings before the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs (Re: Bill S. 2829) (07/21/1980)
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National Congress of American Indians Records
National Congress of American Indians records, Box 532, Misc. Rec. of S. Harjo, Eastern Land Claims, Folder Titled “Maine Land Settlement Legislation [2 of 2]”; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution
7/21/1980
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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)
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Suggests one edit to the language of Section 6(h) (what ultimately became 25 U.S.C. 1725(h)).
NARA
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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