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IN SB0336
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/12/2010
Primary Sponsor
Randall Head
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AI Summary
- Establishes a formal procedure for Native American Indian tribes to receive state recognition in Indiana through the natural resources commission
- Requires petitioning tribes to demonstrate continuous Native American Indian identity in Indiana since 1800, submitting evidence including traditional surnames, kinship records, official documents, anthropological accounts, and membership rolls
- Authorizes the natural resources commission to grant or rescind state tribe recognition, with sole authority over recognition decisions
- Prohibits recognition of splinter groups or factions that separated from federally or state recognized tribes unless they functioned continuously as autonomous tribes since 1800
- Specifies that state tribe status does not confer any special state rights or benefits unless specifically granted by statute
Legislative Description
State tribe recognition.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Public Policy & Interstate Cooperation
1/12/2010
Full Bill Text
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