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MA H628
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jack Lewis
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AI Summary
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Amends Massachusetts education standards (Chapter 69, Section 1D) to require instruction on tribal history and current issues of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, Mashpee Wampanoag, Massachuset, Nipmuc, and other Native American tribes within Massachusetts
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Mandates teaching about tribes with historic ties to Massachusetts, including the Wabanaki Confederacy, as well as tribal history of Native Americans throughout the United States
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Requires curriculum coverage of tribal sovereignty and governance, treaty rights, genocide, Native American cultures, languages, and socioeconomic experiences
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Directs the Board of Education to consult with Native American communities in developing these standards, consistent with the Commonwealth's special treaty and legal relationships with tribes
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Filed by Representative Jack Patrick Lewis (7th Middlesex) on January 15, 2025; similar legislation was previously filed as House No. 529 in the 2023-2024 session
Legislative Description
Relative to celebrating and teaching Native American culture and history
Last Action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
11/17/2025