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2005 -- H 6065 ======LC00859 ======STATE OF

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2005 ______

J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N

GIVING STATE RECOGNITION FOR THE TRIBE OF THE WAMP ANOAG NATION

Introduced By: Representatives Gallison, Malik, Corvese, San Bento, and Jacquard

Date Introduced: March 01, 2005

Referred To: House Judiciary

1 WHEREAS, An identifiable Pokanoket Indian community has existed in the vicinity of

2 their ancestral lands of North-Central and Eastern Rhode Island and Southeastern

3 since prior to the first European contact as evidenced by the fact that this area was known as

4 Pokanoket Country/King Philips Country documented in colonial times; and

5 WHEREAS, The Pokanoket Tribe of the Nation has continuously lived,

6 married and intermarried amongst themselves and intermarried with the Wampanoag Nation

7 Community; and

8 WHEREAS, The Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation entered into treaties and

9 warred with the colonial governments in particular the Great War of 1675-1676

10 a.k.a. the "King Philips War"; and

11 WHEREAS, It is the policy of the State of Rhode Island to recognize the indigenous

12 people within the borders of the state, and to support the aspirations for the preservation of their

13 cultural heritage and to assist them in achieving their just rights; and

14 WHEREAS, This act will insure the prevention of other individuals misrepresenting

15 themselves by "representing" to be members of he Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation;

16 and

17 WHEREAS, The towns of Bristol County in the state of Rhode Island (Bristol,

18 Barrington and Warren) recognize the Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation as the

19 aboriginal people throughout Eastern Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts and further 1 support their Petition #145 in the Bureau of Indian Affairs to obtain federal recognition. The

2 Pokanoket tribe is also supported by a National Resolution from the General Society of

3 Descendants, endorsed by Pilgrim Society and the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth,

4 Massachusetts & etc.; now, therefore be it

5 RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives and the Senate of the legislature of the

6 State of Rhode Island and greater Providence Plantations formally recognize the Pokanoket Tribe

7 of the Wampanoag Nation and supports Petition #145, submitted within the Bureau of Indian

8 Affairs, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; and be it further

9 RESOLVED, That duly certified copies of this resolution shall be transmitted to the

10 President of the United Sates, the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of

11 Representatives of the Congress of the United States, and the Director of the Bureau of Indian

12 Affairs, United States Department of the Interior.

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2 EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N

GIVING STATE RECOGNITION FOR THE POKANOKET TRIBE OF THE WAMP ANOAG NATION

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1 This resolution would give state recognition to the Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag

2 Nation.

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