Indian Tribal Justice Act: Hearing Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4004 ... Hearing Held in Pierre, SD, February 7, 1992, Volume 4 |
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Page 86 - The constitution, by declaring treaties already made, as well as those to be made, to be the supreme law of the land, has adopted and sanctioned the previous treaties with the Indian nations, and, consequently, admits their rank among those powers who are capable of making treaties. The words "treaty...
Page 86 - Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent, and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars, authorized by congress; but laws, founded in justice and humanity, shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 27 - I am pleased to be here today to present the views of the Department of the Interior on S. 290, a bill "To establish an Indian Substance Abuse Program, and for other purposes.
Page 127 - Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shifts from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith.— Felix S.
Page 36 - Such changes in and additions to those rules as the Conference may deem desirable to promote simplicity in procedure, fairness in administration, the just determination of litigation, and the elimination of unjustifiable expense and delay...
Page 86 - The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil, from time immemorial, with the single exception of that imposed by irresistible power, which excluded them from intercourse with any other European potentate than the first discoverer of the coast of the particular region claimed...
Page 57 - If you have any questions, I would be glad to answer them. [The prepared statement of Mr.
Page 2 - Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the "Indian Tribal Justice 5 Act".
Page 81 - John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!
Page 44 - WHEREAS, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, hereinafter referred to as the Tribe, is an unincorporated Band of Indians acting under a revised Constitution and By-laws approved by the Secretary of the Interior on June 16, 1959, and amendments thereto approved April 26, 1962 and April...