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)

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)

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

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 the Tribes will be entitled to federal services and assistance has been deleted. What we know today as 25 U.S.C. 1735(b) is not yet included either.

National Congress of American Indians Records

National Congress of American Indians records, Box 530, Misc. Rec. of S. Harjo, Eastern Land Claims, Folder Titled “Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act”; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution

7/18/1978

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