Letter to Senator John Melcher from Thomas Tureen (NARF Attorney for the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation), explaining to Senator John Melcher some of the background on where the concept of tribes being treated as municipalities came from (09/06/1980)
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Letter to Senator John Melcher from Thomas Tureen (NARF Attorney for the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation), explaining to Senator John Melcher some of the background on where the concept of tribes being treated as municipalities came from (09/06/1980)
Subject
Indians of North America--Maine--Land tenure
Indians of North America--Maine--Claims
Indians of North America--Legal Status, Laws, etc.
Indians of North America--Government Relations
Indians of North America--Politics and Government
Source
National Congress of American Indians Records
National Congress of American Indians records, Box 531, Misc. Rec. of S. Harjo, Eastern Land Claims, Folder Titled “[Maine Indian Land Claims - General, II]”; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution
National Congress of American Indians records, Box 531, Misc. Rec. of S. Harjo, Eastern Land Claims, Folder Titled “[Maine Indian Land Claims - General, II]”; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution
Date
9/6/1980
Rights
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PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
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Identifier
NMAI018
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Citation
“Letter to Senator John Melcher from Thomas Tureen (NARF Attorney for the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation), explaining to Senator John Melcher some of the background on where the concept of tribes being treated as municipalities came from (09/06/1980),” The Drafting and Enactment of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act: April - October 1980, accessed April 23, 2024, https://maineindianclaims.omeka.net/items/show/42.