N A T I O N A L C O N G R E S S O F A M E R I C A N I N D I A N S

The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #TUL-05-083

TITLE: Support for the Juaneno Band of , Acjachemen Nation

WHEREAS, we, the members of the National Congress of American Indians E XE CU T IV E C OMMITTEE of the United States, invoking the divine blessing of the Creator upon our efforts and PRESIDENT Joe A. Garcia purposes, in order to preserve for ourselves and our descendants the inherent Ohkay Owingeh (Pueblo of San Juan) sovereign rights of our Indian nations, rights secured under Indian treaties and

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT agreements with the United States, and all other rights and benefits to which we are Jefferson Keel Chickasaw Nation entitled under the laws and Constitution of the United States, to enlighten the public

RECORDING SECRETARY toward a better understanding of the Indian people, to preserve Indian cultural values, Juana Majel Pauma-Yuima Band of Mission Indians and otherwise promote the health, safety and welfare of the Indian people, do hereby

TREASURER establish and submit the following resolution; and W. Ron Allen Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

WHEREAS, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) was RE G ION A L V ICE -PRESIDENTS established in 1944 and is the oldest and largest national organization of American ALASKA Mike Williams Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments; and Yupiaq

EASTERN Joe Grayson, Jr. WHEREAS, archeological analyses demonstrate the presence of the Juaneño Cherokee Nation

GREAT PLAINS Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (the “Juaneño Band”) in Orange County Mark Allen Flandreau Santee Sioux to 10,000 years ago and document that the descendants of the Juaneño Band, whose

MIDWEST ancestors encountered first sustained contact with the Spanish in 1769 and who built Robert Chicks Stockbridge-Munsee the Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1776; and

NORTHEAST Randy Noka Narragansett WHEREAS, the Juaneño Band’s tribal existence has been acknowledged by

NORTHWEST state, local and tribal governments since at least the Mission Indian Federation Ernie Stensgar Coeur d’Alene Tribe summits of the 1920s conducted in the City of Riverside, CA; and

PACIFIC Cheryl Seidner NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the NCAI does hereby

ROCKY MOUNTAIN support the efforts of the Juaneño Band to gain proper federal acknowledgement as a Raymond Parker Chippewa-Cree Business Committee Federally-recognized Indian tribe, and strongly urges that it be rightfully restored as a

SOUTHEAST Federally recognized Indian tribe by the United States Government; and Leon Jacobs Lumbee Tribe

SOUTHERN PLAINS BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the NCAI calls on the U.S. Steve Johnson Absentee Shawnee Government to extend Federal recognition to the Juaneño Band without any

SOUTHWEST unnecessary delay; and that this Resolution is distributed to the members of the United Manuel Heart Ute Mountain Ute Tribe States Congress and the Office of the President; and

WESTERN Kathleen Kitcheyan San Carlos Apache BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be the policy of

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NCAI until it is withdrawn or modified by subsequent resolution. Jacqueline Johnson Tlingit

NCAI HEADQUARTERS 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 202.466.7767 202.466.7797 fax www.ncai.org

NCAI 2005 Annual Session Resolution TUL-05-083

CERTIFICATION

The foregoing resolution was adopted at the 2005 Annual Session of the National Congress of American Indians, held at the 62nd Annual Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 4, 2005 with a quorum present.

______Joe Garcia, President

ATTEST:

______Juana Majel, Recording Secretary

Adopted by the General Assembly during the 2005 Annual Session of the National Congress of American Indians held from October 30, 2005 to November 4, 2005 at the Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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