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Proposed Committee Report Language for Maine Settlement Act (or Maine Implementing Act), drafted by the Maine Legislature’s Joint Select Committee on Indian Land Claims (09/03/1980)
Proposed Committee Report Language for Maine Implementation Act
Proposed Changes to Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829 from the Departments of the Interior and of Justice (07/10/1980)
Among the proposed changes are changes to Sections 4 and 6(g) (which correspond to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1723 and 1725(h). There is an attempt made here to list specifically which federal laws would not apply to the Tribes under 25 U.S.C.…
Proposed Amendment to S. 2829 in the Nature of a Substitute (S. 2829 is the Senate Bill relating to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement) (Undated)
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). Section 16(b) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1735(b).
Memo to Senator William S. Cohen from Timothy Woodcock summarizing proposed legislative solution to Indian land claim (03/20/1980)
This memo provides an overview of the state act, focusing on jurisdiction, hunting and taxation; and comments on money for land and on selling bill to Congress. Includes Cayuga bill for reference.
Memo to Senator William S. Cohen from Timothy Woodcock summarizing disagreement between the U.S. Department of Interior and State of Maine regarding the status of Tribes as municipalities under the Maine Implementing Act (MIA) (08/28/1980)
Memo from Timothy Woodcock to Senator Cohen, summarizing disagreement between Interior and State: status of Tribes as municipalities under the Maine Implementing Act (MIA). The State specifically wanted to keep the Tribes under Maine law and not…
Memo from Tim Vollmann (Department of Interior) to Leo Krulitz (Solicitor), with draft bill attached of Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (MICSA) (07/31/1979)
Both Section 4 and Section 6 of this draft deal here 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…
Memo from Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Negotiation Committee to the White House Task Force on Indian Claims in Maine, describing the terms which the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Negotiation Committee agrees to in exchange for relinquishment of their land claims. (11/11/1977)
This document refers to a jurisdictional arrangement where tribal lands are "considered Indian Country, exempt from state taxation and regulation, including hunting, fishing, and trapping regulations, except civil and criminal jurisdiction[, which…
Memo from Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Negotiation Committee to the White House Task Force on Indian Claims in Maine (Draft), regarding the settlement package that is being negotiated (01/02/1978)
Memo from Passamaquoddy/Penobscot Negotiation Committee "sett[ing] forth those items on which we have agreed . . . and our proposals for resolution of those items, which remain unresolved." Of particular interest is the mention of engaging in…