And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:23:50 EST >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Fwd: State Recognition for Occaneechi-Saponi >X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 38 > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: State Recognition for Occaneechi-Saponi >Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:23:02 EST >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >A Brief Summary of Judge Smith Decision in the Occaneechi-Saponi Case > >By Lawrence Dunmore, III > >As if symbolically, on December 7, 1998, the 57th anniversary of the >Japanese surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Judge Dolores Smith of >the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) released her >decision in the case of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation Vs the >North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs over the State Indian >Commission's continued denial of official State recognition to the Nation. >After initial proceedings began in February, 1997 and a failed attempted >mediation, Judge Smith heard the case for one week in July of 1998. >After deliberating for over four months, Judge Smith has found in the >Occaneechi-Saponi peoples favor and made the following Recommendation: >"That the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs grant tribal recognition >to the Petitioners". > >The 41-page decision found very strongly in the Occaneechi-Saponi peoples >favor and has now added official State backing to their ongoing fight for >Official State recognition in North Carolina. The decision itself contains >242 Findings of Fact and 17 Conclusions of Law. > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
