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…
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…
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…
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…
House of Representatives draft of the bill. Section 4 corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723. Section 6(g) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h). This version of the bill does not yet contain the section that we now know…
Section 4 corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723. Section 6(h) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1725(h). This version of the bill does not yet contain the section that we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1735(b).