And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 06:32:58 -0700 (PDT) From: NativeLaw News Digest Towns press Congress on tribal recognition bill NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Three southeastern Connecticut towns are calling on Congress to kill proposed legislation that would streamline the federal recognition process for Indian tribes. Associated Press in the Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/dailynews/286/region/Towns_press_Congress_on_tribalP.shtml Towns press Congress on tribal recognition bill By Associated Press, 10/13/99 08:18 NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) Three southeastern Connecticut are calling on Congress to kill proposed legislation that would streamline the federal recognition process for Indian tribes. The House Resource Committee is reviewing a bill that would revamp the current tribal recognition process before the Bureau of Indian Affairs by creating a three-member panel to decide recognition claims by tribes. Ledyard, North Stonington and Preston, through their Washington D.C., lawyers, Perkins Coie, said testimony submitted last week that a big concerns with the bill is a proposed change in how tribes prove their lineage. The new rules would eliminate much of the historical evidence for ''tribal continuity,'' which current regulations require. Tribes seeking federal recognition must be able to trace their roots to the early years of American colonization. The proposed rules would allow petitioning tribes to trace their roots back only to the early part of this century. Preston, Ledyard and North Stonington have collectively spent about $120,000 opposing efforts by the Paucatuck Eastern Pequots and the Eastern Pequots to gain federal recognition. The three towns have also had a running dispute with the Mashantucket Pequots over annexation of land. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
