Browse Items · The Drafting and Enactment of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: April

Handwritten note from Tim Vollmann (Department of Interior) to Thomas Tureen (NARF Attorney for the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation), with a portion of a draft bill attached (07/16/1979)

Both Section 4 and Section 6 of this draft deal with Extinguishment of Claims (what is now found in 25 U.S.C. 1723). Section 10 of this draft deals with Application of State Law (an early version of what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725). What we…

Tags: 1723, 1725(h), Application of State Law, Draft Bill, Extinguishment of Claims, Jurisdiction, Thomas Tureen, Tim Vollmann

Handwritten notes from Cohen Collection, with the name of James Case (Muskie's Chief Legislative Assistant) at the top (03/01/1979)

Tags: James Case, Narraganset, Senator William S. Cohen, Tim Vollman, Timothy Woodcock

Handwritten notes from the records of Suzan Harjo. This gives an idea of the time crunch they were under in 1980 to get the Maine Indian Claims Settlement legislation passed. (09/05/1980)

Tags: Suzan Harjo

Internal memo from Muskie staffer Estelle Lavoie to James Case regarding a meeting with the Micmac and Maliseet Tribes (09/05/1979)

Internal memo from Estelle Lavoie to James Case (while both were working for Senator Edmund Muskie) regarding a meeting on June 27, with representatives from the Micmac and Maliseet Tribes, to discuss their desire to obtain federal recognition and…

Tags: Estelle Lavoie, Gregory Buesing, James Case, James Tomah, James Wherry, John Joseph, John Stevens, Maliseet, Maynard Polchies, Micmac, Senator Edmund Muskie

Letter from Andrew Akins (Penobscot-Passamaquoddy Tribal Planning Board) to Forrest Gerard (BIA, Department of Interior) (04/11/1978)

Tags: Andrew Akins, Forrest Gerard, Francis Nicholas, John Stevens, Joint Memorandum of Understanding, Jurisdiction, Leo Krulitz, Nicholas Sapiel, Suzan Harjo, Tim Vollmann, White House Task Force, White House Work Group

Letter from Cecil Andrus (Secretary of the Interior) to Senator John Melcher, responding (at the request of Senator George J. Mitchell) to questions posed by the Bangor Daily News regarding the Maine Indian Claims Settlement legislation (08/19/1980)

Discusses a question regarding the jurisdictional arrangement between the State of Maine and the Tribes.

Tags: Cecil Andrus, Jurisdiction, Senator John Melcher

Letter from Cecil Andrus (Secretary of the Interior) to Senator John Melcher, with proposed amendment to Bill S. 2829 in the nature of a substitute (amendment not attached to letter) (08/08/1980)

Tags: 1723, 1725(h), Application of State Law, Cecil Andrus, Extinguishment of Claims, Internal Tribal Affairs, Jurisdiction, Senator John Melcher

Letter from Clyde O. Martz (Solicitor, Department of Interior) to Senator John Melcher, in response to request from Senator George J. Mitchell at the Senate Select Committee Hearing regarding the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill (08/20/1980)

Written legal opinion provided to the Senate Committee by DOI, confirming that “the comprehensive nature of the extinguishment of Indian land claims provided for in Section [1723] (which is very similar to the language used in the Rhode Island Indian…

Tags: 1723, Clyde O. Martz, Extinguishment of Claims, Senator George J. Mitchell, Senator John Melcher

Letter from Diane Greenberg (Department of Interior) to Senator Edmund Muskie, with draft bill attached of Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (MICSA) (09/07/1979)

Both Section 4 and Section 6 of this draft deal with Extinguishment of Claims (what is now found in 25 U.S.C. 1723). Section 10 of this draft deals with Application of State Law (an early version of what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725). What we…

Tags: 1723, 1725(h), Application of State Law, Diane Greenberg, Draft Bill, Extinguishment of Claims, Jurisdiction, Senator Edmund Muskie

Letter from Maine Attorney General Richard Cohen (also on behalf of Maine Governor Joseph Brennan) to Senator John Melcher (dated 08/12/1980) responding to questions posed by Bangor Daily News and former Gov. Longley at the Select Committee on Indian Affairs Hearing on July 1-2, 1980

Letter from Richard Cohen (Maine Attorney General) (also on behalf of Governor Joseph Brennan) to Sen. John Melcher responding to questions posed by Bangor Daily News and former Gov. Longley at the Select Committee on Indian Affairs Hearing on July…

Tags: Extinguishment of Claims, Governor James B. Longley, Governor Joseph Brennan, Jurisdiction, Senator John Melcher, Senator William S. Cohen

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