Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act: Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 958, to Provide for the Use and Distribution of the Funds Awarded to the Western Shoshone Identifiable Group Under Indian Claims Commission Docket Numbers 326-A-1, 326-A-3, 326-K, August 2, 2002, Washington, DC. |
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aboriginal title acres Band Council Bands of Western Battle Mountain Band bill blood quantum Carrie Dann Chairman Claims Distribution Act Committee on Indian Congress Court of Claims Danns Duckwater election ENLARGEMENT OF LAND extinguished Fallon federal FISHING AND GATHERING Harry Reid hunting ICC award Indian Affairs Indian Claims Commission Indian Reorganization Act Inouye Interior issues judgment fund LAND SUBSURFACE legislation proposed Mary Dann negotiations Northern Paiute Paiute payment Piffero pursuant resolution RETENTION OF LAND ROYALTIES FROM MINERALS Ruby Valley Secretary Section Shoshone Claims Distribution Shoshone Identifiable Group Shoshone-Paiute SOCIAL AND JUDICIAL SPIRITUAL AND SACRED Taylor Grazing Act Te-Moak Tribal Council Te-Moak Tribe Temoak Bands Timbisha Shoshone Treaty of Ruby tribal governments tribal members Tribe of Western United vote Westem Western Shoshone Claims Western Shoshone Identifiable Western Shoshone Indians Western Shoshone land Western Shoshone Nation Western Shoshone territorial Western Shoshone tribal WSNC Yomba Shoshone Tribe
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Page 302 - be taken from them without their consent;... 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 88 - any member of an Indian tribe, band or other identifiable group of Indians as the representative of all its members; but wherever any tribal organization exists, recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as having authority to represent such tribe, band , or group, such organization shall be accorded the exclusive privilege of representing such Indians...
Page 55 - considered as income or resources or otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which the distributee or household of the distributee should otherwise be entitled under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or Federally assisted program including tribal programs. SECTION 4. EFFECT OF
Page 195 - sales of timber, coal, or other products of any Indian reservation, except those of the five civilized tribes, and not the result of the labor of any member of such tribe, shall be covered into the Treasury for the benefit of such tribe.
Page 703 - disposition, lease or encumbrance of tribal lands, interests in lands or other tribal assets which may be authorized or executed by the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Indian Affaire, or any other
Page 303 - Considering that a great part of the territories which, by the present treaty, are to be comprehended for the future within the limits of the United States, is now occupied by savage tribes....
Page 229 - The payment of any claim, after its determination in accordance with this chapter, shall be a full discharge of the United States of all claims and demands touching any of the matters involved in the controversy. The
Page 302 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their land and property shall
Page 302 - of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same is made by treaty or convention entered into pursuant to the Constitution.*
Page 71 - Likewise, in another case, it was further stated that "...its justness is not open to inquiry in the courts", that "the exclusive right of the United States to extinguish" Indian title has never been doubted" '. Concerning "recognized title", in the Sac and Fox Tribe v. United