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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…
Draft of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act Bill (07/21/1980)
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).
Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill H.R. 12834 (House of Representatives) (05/23/1978)
Section 2 of this draft deals with Extinguishment of Claims (what is now found in 25 U.S.C. 1723). Section 2 extinguishes claims involving transfers of lands or waters (or rights to their use). Section 3 provides a remedy against the U.S. for…
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…
Amendment to Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829 (Senate) in the Nature of a Substitute
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), but here has a handwritten notation that the language is "not firm" yet. This version of the bill does not yet contain…
Draft of a Portion of the Senate Report for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: Summary of Major Provisions (of the Act) (Undated)
Though this draft is not identical to the final version of the Senate Report, the language is similar, except for the explanation of "materially affect" for Section 16(b). Section 16(b) corresponds to what we now know as 25 U.S.C. 1735(b), but the…
Amendment to Maine Indian Claims Settlement Bill S. 2829 (Senate) in the Nature of a Substitute (Undated)
Of particular interest is how Section 16(b) (now known as 25 U.S.C. 1735(b)) reads: "The provisions of a federal act adopted after this Act shall modify or alter the provisions of this Act, and the Maine Implementing Act only if such later Act…
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…