Letter from Reid Peyton Chambers (Attorney for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians) to Thomas Tureen (NARF Attorney for the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation), proposing a draft of some of the provisions for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill (07/18/1980)

Letter from Reid Peyton Chambers (Attorney for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians) to Thomas Tureen (NARF Attorney for the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation), proposing a draft of some of the provisions for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill (07/18/1980)

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

Discusses the jurisdictional arrangement under Section 6(h) (now known as 25 U.S.C. 1725(e)), but focusing on the Maliseets.

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

7/18/1980

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