Documents that were used for archival research for the 2017 MITSC report on the drafting and enactment of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (also known as "The Suffolk Report)".
U.S. Senate Hearings on the Proposed Settlement of Maine Indian Land Claims before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Part 1 of the 1980 Report of Maine Legislature Joint Select Committee on Indian Land Claims. Titled "Report, Hearing Transcript and Related Memoranda of the Joint Select Committee on Indian Land Claims." This report includes the Committee's "findings and intentions in voting" for L.D. 2037, "AN ACT to Provide For Implementation of the Settlement of Claims by Indians in the State of Maine"
Part 2 of 1980 Report of Maine Legislature Joint Select Committee on Indian Land Claims. Titled "Report, Hearing Transcript and Related Memoranda of the Joint Select Committee on Indian Land Claims." This report includes the Committee's "findings and intentions in voting" for L.D. 2037, "AN ACT to Provide For Implementation of the Settlement of Claims by Indians in the State of Maine".
This summary was prepared by MITSC in 2022. It covered the legal and historical background that led to the Land Claims, the negotiation of the Settlement, the basic elements of the Settlement legislation, the post-Settlement legal disputes, and the distinct legal status of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and the Mi'kmaq Nation as of the time the summary was written.
A report of the Maine Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights prepared for the information and consideration of the Commission.
A compilation of the laws pertaining to the American Indians in the State of Maine compiled from the Maine Revised Statutes of 1964 and amendments through 1972, the Constitution of Maine, and current resolves and private and special laws.
The report of the Task Force on Human Rights created by Governor Ken Curtis on July 10, 1968.
This Treaty was a central issue in the Land Claims litigation. The Tribes claimed that treaties between Massachusetts and the Wabanaki Tribes violated the federal Non-Intercourse Act of 1790. Although the 1980 Settlement resolved the land claims and the State contends that the treaties were completely supplanted by the Settlement, some questions continue to be raised regarding the continuing viability of the treaties, including whether tribal saltwater fishing rights were terminated by the Settlement.
One of the first laws passed by the newly created Congress, this Act confirmed the new federal government's exclusive authority regarding the Indian Tribes pursuant to the Indian Commerce Clause in the US Constitution, and included a prohibition on purchasing Indian lands without federal approval. This Act played a key role in the Maine Indian Land Claims.
This is a letter from General Washington, the leader of the Continental Army, expressing his understanding of how the need to go hunting had delayed the provision of Passamaquoddy warriors pursuant to the alliance formed by the Treaty of Watertown.
This was the first treaty by the newly created United States of America in 1776. Signed in Watertown, Massachusetts, it created a military alliance between the United States and several Tribes, including the Maliseets and the Passamaquoddy. Tribal military assistance against the British played an important role in the successful American war for independence. But for that help from the Tribes, some parts of eastern and northern Maine would probably be situated within Canadian provinces.
This proclamation, issued in 1755 by Spencer Phips, then lieutenant governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, declares the Penobscot Tribe "to be Enemies, Rebels and Traitors to his Majesty King George the Second" and calls for their extermination, offering rewards for scalps of Penobscot men, women, and children.
A timeline to accompany the report, The Drafting and Enactment of the Main Indian Claims Settlement Act: Report on Research Findings and Initial Observations. The timeline covers different versions of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act spanning the period March 1977 to October 1980.
A history of legislative amendments to the Maine Implementing Act through 2022, and related documents.
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