Narragansett Indian Tribe: Oversight Hearing Before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session ... May 1, 1997--Washington, DC. |
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Page 45 - America, separated from Europe by a wide ocean, was inhabited by a distinct people, divided into separate nations, independent of each other and of the rest of the world, having institutions of their own, and governing themselves by their own laws. It is difficult to comprehend the proposition, that the inhabitants of either quarter of the globe could have rightful original claims of dominion over the inhabitants of the other, or over the lands they occupied ; or that the discovery of either by the...
Page 93 - Act is — (1) to provide a statutory basis for the operation of gaming by Indian tribes as a means of promoting tribal economic development, self-sufficiency, and strong tribal governments...
Page 76 - Statement (Program and Performance) The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (Public Law 100-497) established the National Indian Gaming Commission as an independent agency within the Department of the Interior. The Commission will have a regulatory role over class II gaming (such as bingo) conducted on Indian lands. Operating costs of the Commission will be financed through annual tribal assessments of gaming activities regulated by the Commission.
Page 130 - the Lawsuits") and the other undersigned persons interested in the settlement of Indian land claims within the State of Rhode Island hereby agree to the following principles and provisions of settlement which are, except for the provisions of Section 18 below, to be considered as inseparable, dependant requirements and which are all conditioned upon requisite, favorable and timely action by the appropriate executive and legislative branches of the governments of the State of Rhode Island and the...
Page 133 - USC §777-777k) , and further conditioned upon the retention of permanent State control of and public access to an adequate fishing area within said land. 18. That implementation of all provisions of this Memorandum, except those of Sections 6, 10 and 19, and the payment of the option fees provided for in Section 3 above shall be contingent upon a prompt determination by the Department of the Interior that the Plaintiff in the Lawsuits have a credible claim to the lands involved in the Lawsuits....
Page 138 - Island, was and shall be deemed to have been made in accordance with the Constitution and all laws of the United States...
Page 136 - Christian Association Hope W. Hallock Edna May McKenzie Southern Rhode Island Land Development Corporation Franklin Shores, Inc. Edna Mae Reed Carl M. Richard (including only lots numbered 5, 7, 8 and 9 and provided further that this land shall be held permanently for conservation purposes and neither the State Corporation, Indian Corporation nor any beneficiary thereof shall have standing in any zoning or other administrative or judicial proceeding involving land presently owned by Castle Realty...
Page 109 - Committee on Resources US House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 205 1 5-6201 Dear Chairman Hansen: I am writing in support of the "Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2001...
Page 29 - I did file such a bill in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States...
Page 130 - ... Narragansett Tribe of Indians initiated two lawsuits in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the State of Rhode Island and thirty- five private defendants. Narragansett Tribe of Indians v. Rhode Island Director of Environmental Management, CA No. 75-0005 (DRI) and Narragansett Tribe of Indians v. Southern Rhode Island Land Development Co., et al . , CA No. 750006 (DRI).