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Letter from Maine Attorney General Richard Cohen to Reid Peyton Chambers (Attorney for Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians), discussing the provision that later became Section 1725(e) of the Indian Claims Settlement Act (04/29/1980)
Discusses proposed language for Section 6(h) (now 1725(e)) and other settlement terms affecting the Maliseets.
Letter from Maynard Polchies (President of the Association of Aroostook Indians) to Forrest Gerard (Department of Interior) referencing the Micmacs and the Maliseets (05/10/1979)
Letter from Maynard Polchies (President of the Association of Aroostook Indians) to Forrest Gerard (Department of Interior) requesting that the Micmacs and the Maliseets also be taken into account in the Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement.
Letter from Ralph Reeser (Department of Interior) to Senator John Melcher providing Melcher with an update on promised Department of Interior report to the Committee on suggested amendments to S. 2829 and meetings to that end (07/17/1980)
Letter from Ralph Reeser (Department of Interior) to Senator John Melcher providing Melcher with an update on promised Department of Interior report to the Committee on suggested amendments to S. 2829 and meetings to that end.
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)
Discusses the jurisdictional arrangement under Section 6(h) (now known as 25 U.S.C. 1725(e)), but focusing on the Maliseets.
Letter to Maine Attorney General Richard Cohen from Tribal Negotiation Committee Regarding Settlement Terms (09/07/1979)
Letter describes settlement terms that the Tribes are willing to agree to after recent meetings between the State and the attorneys for the Tribes and the large landholders. Signed by Gov. Harold Lewey, Gov. M. P. (?), Timothy Love, Lt. Gov. Carl…