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ABSTRACT This report includes state-by-state summaries of 1994 legislation pertaining to Native American issues. Of 344 bills introduced in the state legislatures in 1994, 92 were enacted and 20 are still pending. Major issues addressed in 1994 legislation included Native American education; history, language, and culture preservation; sovereignty; law enforcement and jurisdiction; land rights; tribal gaming; health and human services; water and fishing rights; taxation of tribal property; state-tribal relations; Native American affairs groups; sacred burial site preservation; housing authority; appropriations (general); economic and natural resource development; and tribal status recognition. Appendices include an overview of all bills proposed in each state, a list of Native American state legislators, a list of federally recognized tribes of each state, and Native American population by state. (LP)

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Kimberly A. Morin

September 1994

4 Contents

About the Author iv

Introduction 1

1994 State Legislation 2

Appendices A. Bill Summaries by State 13 B. Federally Recognized Indian Tribes by State 27 C. State Legislators of Native American Indian Heritage 33 D. Native American Population by State, 1990 Census 35 About the Author

This report was compiled and written by on 1994 state-tribal legislation was Kimberly's Kimberly A. Morin, a participant in the Council of main project during the course of her internship. Energy Resource Tribes' (CERT) summer intern- She is studying geological engineering at the ship program working at the National Conference Colorado School of Mines. Her work was of State Legislatures in Denver, Colorado. The supervised and reviewed by James B. Reed, a CERT program offers undergraduate and graduate program principal in the Energy, Science and students a chance to spend a summer with a host Natural Resources Division at NCSL. Judy Zelio, company working on Native American issues, often a senior policy specialist at NCSL, provided the list on a project in their own field of study. This report of Native American legislators for the report.

6 iv Introduction

The idea of Indian tribal sovereignty has and still pending. Hawaii, New Mexico and Minnesota continues to be confusing to most citizens of the considered the most Native American legislation, United States. The term "sovereign" means to be examining 84, 61, and 31 bills respectively. Major completely self-governing and independent in issues addressed by many of the states include foreign affairs. Although Native American tribes tribal gaming; the preservation of sacred human in this country are sovereign entities, the members burial sites; improvements in tribal education and of those tribes are also citizens of the United States retention programs; and the incorporation of of America and entitled to all the privileges American Indian language, history, and culture associated with citizenship. Where this dual programs into all school systems. Several states citizenship creates a problem is in dealing with the also examined legislation concerning reservation states in which the tribal lands are located. The matters of taxation, housing, civil and criminal states basically have no power over the tribal jurisdiction, and requests for funding for many governmental entities, but they do have power and tribal improvement and education pro., :cts. responsibility over individual members of the tribe. Because of these confusing and often conflicting Included in this report are state-by-state powers and duties of the states and tribes, a great summaries of 1994 legislation pertaining to Native deal of legislation is proposed in the states to American affairs, an appendix of all the bills clarify and improve the relationship and preserve proposed in each state, an appendix listing Native the rights of the states, the tribes, and the people of American state legislators, an appendix listing all both. the federally recognized tribes of each state and a listing of the Native American population by state. Three hundred and forty-four bills were Table 1 shows the number of bills introduced in the introduced in the state legislatures in 1994. states in various issues areas. Ninety-two of those acts were enacted and 20 are

Table 1 Tribal Issues Addressed by the State Legislatures in 1994 Number of introduced bills by issue area

Native Education 52 Taxation of Tribal Property 17

History/Language/Culture Preservation 43 State-Tribal Relations 14

Sovereignty 34 Native American Affairs Groups 14

Law Enforcement/Jurisdiction 29 Sacred Burial Site Preservation 13

Land Rights 28 Housing Authority 12

Tribal Gaming 26 Appropriations (General) 12

Health/Human Services 20 Economic/Natural Resource Development 7

Water/Fishing Rights 17 Tribal Status Recognition 6 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

1994 State Legislation

Alabama United States and Congress to instruct the Indian The 1994 legislature examined a bill to Health Services Agency to fund the construction of clarify and confirm the sovereign the Dilkon Health Center and acknowledges the relationship between Alabama and the preparation for and need of the health center for the Choctaw Indians. It reaffirmed all federal and state acts and judicial decisions relating to the community. Choctaw Indians in the state and made all state and county agencies subject to those acts and decisions. Another bill that passed set the procedure and This bill died on the Senate calendar. regulations for extradition of Indians by the state from tribal jurisdiction and by the tribe for Indians Alaska under state jurisdiction. A study committee on the Alaska is unique in that it does not have taxation of non-Indian owned lands on tribal .r) tribes, but rather it has native corporations. territory was formed. It is made up of 16 members ..>cThSeven bills were proposed during this representing state and tribal governments as well as session that addressed issues of the the private sector. The committee's duty is to corporations. One bill was signed by the governor examine the effects of taxation on the non-tribally dealing with the reinstatement of native owned property in addition to the laws, policies, corporations that had been involuntarily dissolved. and economic impacts of such taxation. The It restores the rights, privileges, liabilities, and formation of this committee was proposed in two obligations relevant to a functioning corporation. separate pieces of legislation.

Included in the six bills that failed to pass were A Senate concurrent resolution was proposed Senate and House companion bills that would have to repeal a section of the Arizona Statutes allowed noncumulative voting by the shareholders pertaining to gaming activities. Both a House and of the Native corporations under certain provisions. Senate bill were also proposed on the issue of tribal Two other bills identified the importance of native gaming. One aspect of the bills was to incorporate language, history, and culture programs in the charitable casino style gaming in the definition of educational system of Alaska. They proposed legal gambling and another aspect allowed the implementing native education programs that were governor to negotiate and implement gaming locally relevant to an area to promote the compacts with tribes. It also established a preservation of native history and traditions. screening and evaluation process for gaming license applicants. The House and Senate bills The remaining two bills incorporate the issues each became law. of taxation and shareholders' rights. Shares of stock in native corporations would have been Bills that were not enacted would have exempt from state and local taxation under repealed most of the 1993 act prohibiting casino provisions of HB 73. Finally, HB 501 would have gambling on Indian reservations as well as given shareholders of the corporations the right to repealing the jurisdiction for enforcing anti- petition or mandate a vote concerning a matter of pollution laws on tribal territory. Other pieces of the corporation and established the process to do legislation that did not pass addressed using so. publication funds of the Indian Affairs Commission to commission its workshops and conferences, Arizona appropriating money for the San Carlos Apache CIOne House and one Senate memorial were Tribe for a water rights settlement, and allocating adopted by the Legislature. The House funds to the Navajo Nation. The funds allotted to memorial urged the United States P ,stal the Navajo Nation were appropriated to the Commission to commemorate form( r vice Department of Economic Security for the Oak president Charles Curtis with a postage stamp. It Springs and Pine Springs facilities and other praises him for his dedication and service to the programs, to the Division of Emergency country and recognizes him as the first United Management in the Department of Emergency and States Senator of Native American descent. The Military Affairs for tribal emergencies. to the Senate iaemorial requests the president of the

2 Arizona Veterans' Service Commission for a compacts. It is currently pending in the Senate cemetery, and to the Department of Water Appropriations Committee. Resources for irrigation projects. All the funds allocated for these projects were to be matched by Finally, a bill was introduced recognizing the contributions from the Tribe. Gabrielino-Tongva Nation as a historic tribe of the state and urging the president of the United States Two Senate concurrent memorials that were and Congress to do the same. not adopted requested Congress to fund crime prevention programs for Indian tribes and Connecticut requested a promise from the president of the Ten bills and resolutions were considered United States and Congress that the Indian Health in the state of Connecticut, only one of Service Agencies would meet the health needs of which passed. It allows the Legislature to the tribes. approve or reject compacts set up by the governor with an Indian tribe or another state. California Within 10 days of the execution of the compact, the fl The Legislature in California meets House and Senate are required to meet in general \,throughout the calendar year. As of assembly and either reject the compact with a August 9, 1994, six bills concerning majority vote in either house or may accept it by a American Indian affairs were being majority vote in both houses. This bill was vetoed debated. AB 861, which was first introduced by the governor but was overridden by the Senate during the 1993 session, died in committee. It and the House and became a public law. would have terminated the Native American Heritage Commission and would have reestablished The other Senate bill introduced in this session rules and penalties for the use or destruction of dealt with the allotment of the Mashantucket sacred Native American sites. It stated that anyone Pequot funds. It would have set up the fund unlawfully tampering with, possessing, or allocation process and would have allotted some attempting to sell Native Ameiican artifacts or funds to the Department of Economic Development human remains was committing a felony for use in economic development programs. punishable by state imprisonment. Moreover, it condemned any interference with the exercise of The other bills considered identified a number Native American religion as allowed in the state of important matters: establishing a task force on and federal constitutions. Native American affairs, privileges and limitations associated with state-tribal compacts, and tribal AB 3775 and its companion bill SB 2009 law enforcement and judicial rights. The task force nominated the governor as the state officer in would have reevaluated the duties and funding of charge of negotiating state-tribal gaming compacts. the Indian Affairs Council and studied any other They would require the governor to present any matters pertaining to American Indians that may proposed compacts to the Joint Committee on have surfaced. The defendant in Native American Rules for assignment to an appropriate committee land claim cases could have pleaded the statute of and then to consider any comments that committee limitations if HB 5842 had passed. Another bill might have before eccuting the compact. Another relating to Indian land claims stated that tribes had bill is pending in c inininee that would repeal the to waive all claims against the state or any property Gaming Registration Act and implement the owner before entering into a compact or agreement Gambling Control Act. It creates the Division of with the state. Gambling Control and the California Gambling Control Commission, which would be in charge of A bill that failed would have allowed the regulating leggy; gambling in the state. governor to negotiate agreements with a federally recognized tribe in order to set up criminal and The fifth bill debated by the Legislature dealt civil jurisdictional authority of both the state and with interstate school attendance compacts. It the tribe on the reservation. Another House bill empowered the Superintendent of Public would have required the governor to study the Instruction to initiate compacts with bordering impact of the compacts on the affected states that include reservation lands that are, in municipalities and Indian lands, taking into part, located within the state of California. These consideration such issues as taxation, education, compacts would allow students to attend a school transportation, public safety, and economic located in the bordering state and also set development. Still another House bill would have provisions, exceptions. and execution of the set aside money for the municipalities to respond to

3 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues the federal government concerning a tribe's evaluate adoption regulations and procedures. application for land in trust status. Before February 1, 1995, the commission must report its findings and suggestions to the governor, Two joint resolutions were likewise proposed in the Legislature, and the Supreme Court of Florida. Connecticut. One specified that a provision for The final bill considered by the Legislature compensation of municipalities that encompass proposed provisions and regulations for the Indian lands used for gaming should be operation of a pari-mutuel gaming facility on a incorporated into every proposal the governor Florida Indian reservation. prepares for the state. The compensation would have been for municipal tax revenue loss and other Georgia costs incurred by the gambling activities. The None of the bills relating to Native other asked the president of the United States and \-. American issues passed in the Georgia Congress to require the Depaitment of the T.nterior legislature. A bill to allow state to consider the impact on communities of the recognition of the Southern Band of acquisition of land in trust status for a tribe before Cherokees and Creeks failed in the Senate Special making any decisions c. ncerning those Judiciary Committee; its companion House bill applications. It requested that they consider the died in the Natural Resources and Environment effect on municipal taxation, public safety, roads Committee.The other Senate bill introduced and highways, environmental concerns, education, would have created a tribal housing authority and and the overall quality of life of those in the set its duties and terms of office. community. The remaining two House bills dealt with Florida American Indian burial artifacts and sites. One mNone of the bills relating to Native specified the punishment for the removal of objects American issues in the Florida legislature from the burial sites or other disturbance to the passed. HB 1493 and its companion bill, site. The other bill transfered the duties concerning SB 1220, specified July 1, 1994 as the date American Indians from the Secretary of State and on which the current Creek Indian Council the Department of Archives and History to the members' terms shall expire. It requested the Commissioner of Natural Resources and the governor to appoint 15 new members, eight to Council on American Indian Concerns respectively. serve until January 3, 1995. and seven to serve It also assigned duties to each party in dealing with until January 1, 1997, to the Council. Native American affairs.

Another piece of legislation examined in 1994 Hawaii addressed changing the election process for the Hawaiian natives are attempting to take Indian Trace Community Development District's back control of ancestral lands; one way Board of Supervisors. It established the first (>this is bang accomplished is through Tuesday in November as election day. Four-year legislation addressing Native issues. terms were created with biannual elections starting Although no House or Senate bills were enacted in in November of 1996. It assigned group numbers Hawaii, several resolutions were approved by the to the positions and decided which positions would Legislature. be voted upon in which years. The third House bill presented during this session dealt with tribal INvo resolutions were passed which dealt with access to criminal history records for purposes of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. One asks the office tribal criminal investigations. It would have to examine and improve the early childhood allowed access to records for background checks education system and the child care agencies mandatory for employment by tribal education serving native Hawaiians. Another urges trusts programs, daycare programs, law enforcement and foundations benefitting native Hawaiians to agencies, tribal government, and anyone having work more closely with the office to better serve its financial interest in or employed by a tribal gaming people. enterprise. Legislation was also adopted that addressed the SB 264 would have provided for a written incorporation or improvement of Native education statement of qualification as a Native American in programs in the state school systems. One requests adoption cases. However, this bill, as well as SB the University of Hawaii to establish a Department 270, SB 506, and SB 2378, died, and a study of Hawaiian Studies and mandate a course in commission on adoption was formed to review and Hawaiian studies for graduation. Other resolutions 4 10 which were accepted dealt with the Hawaiian Iowa Home Lands 'Trust and the state's trade policy. An act pertaining to tribal gaming \--)employee information passed the Senate A great number of bills presented in the but died in the House Judiciary and Law Legislature failed. Issues addressed by those bills Enforcement Committee. This bill would include the right of self determination, native land have allowed tribal officials, tribal gaming and water rights; traditional ceremonies on public commission members, and tribal regulatory agency lands; preservation of native Hawaiian language, members of federally recognized tribes to access art, and culture; and several aspects of native employee background investigation data if the education. information was used for tribal gaming investigations and the tribe had laws or regulations Idaho that maintain the confidentiality of the employee hAn act providing residency status for information obtained. members of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, Nez Perce Tribe, Kansas Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and the HB 2142, first introduced in the 1993 Kootenai Tribe for state college and university k session, was killed on January 14, 1994, tuition exemptions was signed by the governor on by the House Committee on Federal and March 21, 1994. A Senate concurrent resolution State Affairs. This bill provided allowing the state of Idaho and tribes within that definitions of several gaming terms, clarified what state to enter into compacts to share lottery constitutes Indian gaming activities, authorized the revenues from reservation sales was adopted by the governor to negotiate gaming compacts with tribes Legislature in this session. However, a House bill of the state of Kansas, and designated the Kansas addressing the issue of lottery revenues on tribal lottery as the state gaming agency. Furthermore, it lands did not pass. charged the state gaming agency with the duties of implementation, administration, and enforcement of Other acts which were not enacted would have the compacts. provided tax exemptions for sales on specified tribal lands by tribally owned businesses; Maine transferred civil and criminal jurisdiction over The Legislature enacted a law which motor vehicle use on the Fort Hall Indian establishes the Maine Indian Tribal-State Reservation to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and Commission as part of the Maine Indian the federal government; and added a non-voting, Claims Settlement. Also passed was an act governor-appointed tribal representative to the amending the Passamaquoddy Tribe's territory. Idaho Fish and Game Commission as an advisory The act allots up to 100 acres of approved land in member. Companion House and Senate resolutions the City of Calais for the tribe, if the acquisition is to approve a sales tax exemption compact between confirmed by the city's legislative body and a the Kootenai Tribe and the state of Idaho were also gaming compact is agreed upon by the tribe and the not adopted. state or if a court orders the state to negotiate . Indiana The three bills that failed would have set rules When the Legislature met in 1994, only for a gaming license for the Passamaquoddy Tribe one House bill concerning American to construct, own, and operate a casino in the City L.,./ Indians was discussed. The bill addressed of Calais. Additionally, the bills would set up an the application of out-of-state teaching excise tax to fund regulatory costs, law service to the teachers' retirement fund in Indiana. enforcement, infrastructure improvements and It incorporated service at an educational facility, regional development. overseen or run by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the definition of out-of-state Massachusetts service. This piece of legislation, however, did not The Massachusetts legislative session runs allow credit for service as a teacher in an Indian throughout the year; therefore, some school by the Department of the Interior before .Native American legislation is si 11 pending January 1. 1954, and it died in the House Ways and in committees. One such piece of Means Committee. legislation would allow teachers who worked for VISTA or the Indian Bureau to apply that time as credible service in the teachers' retirement system. Another would empower the Deputy Commissioner of Capital Planning to obtain lands in the city of t 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Quincy and the town of Milton. These lands are to charter township, or village as a police officer; or if be obtained either through eminent domain or by the deputization or appointment is made pursuant purchase of the land and will be used for the to a self-determination contract. This legislation purpose of reservations and preservation of open was enacted on June 12, 1994. space. In addition, it sets up the process of payment for the property acquired. Minnesota One bill concerning American Indian affairs Many of the bills introduced in the presented during this session was placed into a Minnesota legislature have companion bills House study order. It mandated a majority vote in or are combined in Senate or House files both houses for tribal gaming compacts to be with other pieces of related legislation for a implemented and was placed in a study order for committee to examine. A total of 31 bills, the Government Regulations Committee to including companion bills, relating to American examine. SB 503 was redrafted as SB 1684 and is Indians were presented in the 1994 legislative currently in committee. It would create Indian session. Twenty -two of these bills were housing authorities for the Mashpee Wampanoag incorporated into eight files which became public Tribe and the Nipmuc Tribe to carry out low law. income housing projects for Native Americans. It establishes the governor as the liaison between the The first of those amended the law providing state and the housing authority and federal loans for Indian housing projects to disregard government, sets the areas of operation for each household income in their review and determination party, and creates the duties of those parties. of a loan application. The second guaranteed any individual or government agency the right to file Two other pieces of legislation introduced charges against persons disturbing burial sites during the 1994 legislative session have been within a two-year limitations period. The placed in the Senate calendar for the next incorporation of American Indian tribal legislative stsion. They address exempting Indian governments into the definition of municipality for housing authorities from environmental permitting the purposes of state fire aid programs was adopted and compliance fees and designating a section of in another piece of legislation. The fourth bill that State Highway Route 2 as the Gateway to the was passed defined American Indian as a person Mohawk Trail and erecting a marker. "who is a metnber of an Indian tribe." This definition was used in the determination of an Michigan American Indian for tribally licensed program's , A resolution was adopted by the House of eligibility for medical health care grants. Another Representatives during the 1994 legislative set of companion bills that became law concerns session. The resolution acknowledges the individuals, estates, trusts, and corporations Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa claiming the Indian employment credit. It negates Indians, also known as the Cheboygan Band, as a salary expenses, not allowed because of the claims. Michigan historic Indian tribe and realizes the from federal income tax returns. tribe's importance in the history and culture of the state.It requests the United States Congress to An act providing the Minnesota Historical reaffirm the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Society with funds to construct an American Indian Chippewa Indians' status as a federally recognized history center and museum at an institution of post tribe, thereby providing them with the same secondary education was also passed. It will allow. services as those available to all federally the State to sell bonds for up to S2 million for the recognized tribes. project if those funds are matched by $500,000 in nonpublic sources. The other piece of legislation presented during this session set the minimum requirements for The next file contains three sets of companion employment of law enforcement officers of an bills dealing with Native American issues. One Indian tribe in the state.It sets up police officer authorizes the Indian Affairs Council to nominate certification under the Michigan Law Enforcement the state archaeologist, supervise his/her actions, Officers Training Council Act of 1965 for tribal and receive funds for those purposes. It also law officers in certain situations. These situations specifies the duties of the state archaeologist as a include deputization by the sheriff of a county in state agent responsible for the enforcement of the which the trust lands of the tribe employing the Field Archaeology Act. Another pair of bills in officer are located or that border the trust lands; this file administers $300,000 to the Minnesota appointment by an authorized state, city, township, Amateur Sports Commission. The funds are to 6 12 help offset the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe's people of the state about these traditions and expenses associated with hosting the 1995 cultures. It formed a six-member bipartisan Indigenous Games and are available for use only if committee to study and report on the feasibility of matched by other non-public sources. The final Such a project. Other legislation that did not pass Native American legislation in this file mandates included removing Chickasaw school fund the electric public utility company with overhead appropriations from the provisions for local power lines in Indian Mounds Park in St. Paul to revenue sources in equity funding of students. remove, relocate, or bury its power lines. Only one Senate bill during this session The last file enacted included two companion addressed Native American affairs and it was not bill sets. The first requests the State Board of enacted. It would have granted credit towards Teaching to decide whether to incorporate the study public employees' retirement for persons who of anthropology, specifically the study of taught at a tribal school on the Choctaw indigenous people of the Midwest althe Reservation under specific certification and Minnesota area in precolonial times, into the compensation regulations. A House concurrent curriculum for preparing beginning social studies resolution dealing with state-tribal gaming compact teachers. The curriculum of the teacher negotiations was not adopted by the Legislature preparation program would include components of either. It would have suspended deadlines for the American Indian language, history, and culture. It drafting, examination and execution of state-tribal also requires the Board of Teaching to develop compacts. learner outcomes on the language and tradition programs for graduates, in conjunction with Indian Missouri groups of the state. The second allows eleventh Two House bills, neither of which and twelfth grade students attending tribal contract passed, were presented in the Missouri or grant schools to apply and be eligible for post- legislature. One would have provided secondary enrollment options program aid. jurisdiction over and proper procedure for dealing with unmarked human burial sites. It Bills that did not pass would have given the established local law enforcement jurisdiction over Indian Affairs Council the authority and funding to remains that may have been involved in a legal hire or contract with a professional archaeologist investigation and state historic preservation for the study and retrieval of Indian burial lands, responsibility otherwise. The bill set forth the funded investigations and background checks procedure for trying to locate persons who can conducted under Indian gambling compacts, establish lineage from the individual whose remains created an Indian elders position for the Minnesota are disturbed. If this process does not produce any Board on Aging, and established the Fond du Lac results, the state historic preservation officer can Community College in Cloquet to work with the investigate whether the remains have ethnic affinity tribal representatives in serving the education needs or are of scientific importance. Finally, this bill of Native Americans. would have set penalties for defacing, removing, or otherwise disturbing any unmarked human burial Finally, a companion bill set that was rolled sites. into HF 3210 was vetoed by the governor. It would have allowed for the establishment of a 40- The second bill created the Missouri Indian bed facility to house chronic stage chemically Affairs Commission, a nine member, governor dependent American Indians as part of the appointed commission, to serve as a liaison comprehensive services plan for homeless between the Indian people and the tribal, state, and American Indian people. It would have been federal government agencies. It established the established in coordination with affected length of terms; work requirements in terms of neighborhood groups. reports and research projects; and the goal of the commission to promote unity, purpose and Mississippi understanding among the American Indian people Four bills were examined by the in Missouri. Legislature and none of them were enacted. An act failed which would have created a Nebraska committee to evaluate the practicality of Five legislative bills and resolutions using a room in the New Capitol Improvements concerning Native American affairs were Complex to exhibit state contributions made by presented in Nebraska. An act allotting Native and African Americans to educate the $101,000 for purposes of law

7 13 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues enforcement and jail operations for the benefit of therefore urging the federal government to solicit American Indians was enacted. These funds are the remains from France. available for use by any county with federal government land held in trust for Indian people and New Jersey will be equally divided between the areas of law Designating the fourth Friday in September enforcement and jail operations. as Native American Day was proposed by Senate Joint Resolution 13. This pending A bill establishing tribal government resolution expresses the state's jurisdiction over wildlife resources on all appreciation of the contributions made by Native reservation lands was postponed indefinitely in Americans in its history; therefore, setting aside committee. It would have allowed the tribal that day to honor and observe those contributions. government to set up its own regulatory and penalty provisions with respect to wildlife AB 1134 and its counterpart SB 398 deal with resources. However, the Government, Military and the formation of the New Jersey Lammission on Veterans Affairs Committee of the Legislature will Indian Affairs. This commission would consist of conduct an interim study on the sufficiency of the the secretary of state and six bipartisan, public game and wildlife law enforcement provisions in members appointed by the governor. It sets a two- several different situations. These include a study year term length and mandates quarterly of non-Indian, nontribally owned lands on a commission meetings. Some of the duties of the reservation; of those same lands with which the New Jersey Commission on Indian Affairs include state has no jurisdictional agreement, and of implementing American Indian history and culture reservation lands in other states that have adopted prograii, serving as a resource center to the public policies concerning game and wildlife law on Native American heritage, assisting Indian jurisdiction. The committee will then propose ways groups in obtaining recognition from state and to improve the game and wildlife law enforcement federal governments, and acting as a liaison on reservations in the state. between tribal, state and federal governments and cultural institutions. The commission members Two other interim study resolutions were would not receive a salary but would receive proposed. The Education Committee will to study compensation for expenses incurred from work for the need for a teacher preparation requirement of the commission. coursework on the history and traditions of American Indians and the tribes of Nebraska. The All three of these pieces of legislation remaining study is over tribal gaming in the state introduced in the 1994 New Jersey session are still and will be handled by the General Affairs pending. They are currently in the Senate State Committee. Its goal is to assess the economic and Government Committee. social impact of gaming on the reservation and bordering communities, to examine the rights of the New Mexico tribes regarding gaming. and to determine the The New Mexico Legislature examined amount of community support for such activities. more Native American legislation than any other state in 1994. A law was enacted New Hampshire creating a dual taxation task force and A House Joint Resolution was adopted determining its membership terms, duties, and r1 requesting the president of the United funding available to perform those duties. Another act that became law deals with providing funds to I l States and Congress to ask France to return the remains of certain Native coordinate and update the DWI process among the Americans that were exhumed by Dr. Peter P. local, state and tribal governmental agencies. Woodbury and Dr. Freeman Riddle in 1821 and sent to the Museum of Natural History in Paris.It Several House memorials were adopted by the restated the possibility that part of the remains state. They include requests to the president of the found were those of the great Chief Passaconaway, United States and Congress for funding for projects Sagamore of Penacook and praises the important such as an elementary school on the Mescalero contributions he made in creating strong tribal Apache reservation, an agricultural science center government and peace among all people. It also on the Jicarilla Apache reservation, a new campus addressed the law which requires Native American for the Institute of American Indian Arts, economic remains to be removed from display and reburied, development on tribal lands, and for funding of tribal public safety programs. They also include requests fo- statewide recognition and support of

8 14 the Native American election information program, trust companies the same extent of service for inclusion of tribal health care provisions in authorized for national banks in relation to federal and state health care reform bills, for collateral to secure tribal deposits. The other complete compliance of all federal agencies with allows eligible Native American students in post the provisions' f the Treaty of 1868, and for an secondary education to receive financial assistance intergovernmental accord strengthening state tribal when their schooling extends beyond the normal relationships. period of study.

Although no Senate bills were passed by the Two bills concerning American Indians are Legislature, several Senate memorials were currently pending in the Assembly Codes adopted. One urges the president of the United Committee. The first bill empowers the police States and Congress to allocate money for the force of the Seneca Nation of Indians to make construction of the Navajo Indian irrigation project arrests for state law violations and then deliver the and for canal operations. Another memorial asks defendant into the custody of a state police officer; the federal, state, and tribal agencies to share their the second bill grants those same powers to the health care services in order to better serve all the police officers of the Oneida Indian Nation of New needs of the citizens of New Mexico. The third York. memorial adopted requests the coordination of the state's and Navajo Nation's election days and An act allocating a portion of the excess polling places in order to accommodate more community services block grant funds of the state people and therefore promote greater voter to Indian tribes and tribal organizations is still in participation in both. its original committee. Other legislation that is pending in committee deals with more stringent Sixteen Senate bills concerning Native regulations and care over Indian burial grounds and American affairs failed hi the Legislature. Many artifacts and addresses using an affidavit, signed by of the bills were soliciting state funding for various the chief of the Ramapough Mountain Tribe tribal programs and projects. They include a water acknowledging membership in the tribe, as proof to system for the Pueblo of Zuni, economic correct a state birth certificate. development activities among tribes of the state, a senior citizen meal center for the Navajo Red Rock Oklahoma Chapter. Indian mental health services, and Nine pieces of legislation pertaining to development of a plan for the Eight Northern Native Americans were introduced in the Pueblo Council. Money was also requested for Legislature. SB 746 adds two non-voting tribal education needs such as recruitment and members to the Indian Affairs Commission retention of Native Americans at the University of and modifies its annual meeting schedule and New Mexico, state agency internship opportunities, membership. It also creates the Native American two liaison positions between the state education Cultural and Educational Authority of Oklahoma system and that of the individual tribes, and overall and authorizes it to construct, maintain, repair, and improvements to the tribal education system. operate a Native American cultural center, museum and theme park. The legislation contains Funding of tribal projects was also the focus of provisions for the issuance of revenue bonds and several House bills which were not enacted. for carrying liability insurance, as well as Requests for financial support of the Navajo providing membership terms and employee emergency management service, medical compensation. It was approved by the governor on investigations of deaths on tribal lands, home June 11, 1994. improvements, technical assistance services, implementation of a tourism and economic Two House bills were enacted during this development feasibility study of Sheep Springs legislative session. The first bill addressed the community, and American Indian retention issue of custody, foster care and adoptive care of programs at New Mexico institutions of post Indian children. It requires the Department of secondary education. Human Services to use the services of the Indian child's tribe and sets definite requirements and New York conditions relating to time periods and proper The New York Legislature meets notification of the parties involved in adoption throughout the year; only two bills proceedings. The second piece of House legislation addressing Native American issues have that was enacted amended Section 77 of Enrolled 4become law to date. One allows banks and Senate Bill 896, which relates to the Indian Affairs 910 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Commission's appropriation from the state treasury companion bill, SR 2911, was enacted on February to perform its duties. HB 2737 changes the 17, 1994. These resolutions request the federal allotment of monies from $182,056 to $172,262. court of appeals to quickly make decision on the Rhode Island appeal of the district court decision House bills that did not pass included making which upheld the Narragansett Nation's right, as a the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation sovereign entity, to construct and operate a casino. responsible for monitoring and overseeing compacts pertaining to Indian gaming, reporting of South Dakota tribal member vehicle registrations to the Three acts were passed in the South Oklahoma Tax Commission, appropriating $1,194 1---] Dakota legislature. The first of these acts to the Indian Affairs Commission for personal appropriates $50,000 to the Board of services and $177,047 to function, as well as Regents to fund the state Indian providing duties, ..mployee compensation, and scholarship program. The second defines the terms budgetary limitations for the commission. Senate "Indian" and "Indian handcrafted" for use in measures that failed contained penalty and interest monitoring the authenticity of Indian arts and craft waivers by the Oklahoma Employment Security sales. The third act designates two working Commission for an employer which is a federally holidays in the state as well as setting aside funds recognized tribe or nation. and providing to be used as memorial education grants for Native reinstatement and compensation to tribes regardless American students under specific terms. The of delinquent contributions. working holidays designated by this act are Little Big Horn Recognition Day on June 25th and Pennsylvania Wounded Knee Day of Reflection on December The legislature in Pennsylvania is in 29th. session all year. Senate Bill 1636 is the ) only piece of legislation presented so far One bill presented in this session failed to pass that relates to American Indians. This bill the House. It would have provided tuition waivers explicitly defines Indian organizations and Native for members of Indian tribes of the state who were American tribes indigenous to Pennsylvania It sets accepted into the University of South Dakota's up the process by which a group could petition for school of law. The final bill introduced in the 1994 formal recognition as an indigenous tribe of the session that dealt with Native American affairs state or for certification as an American Indian failed in the House State Affairs Committee. This institution. Furthermore, it confers powers and bill reaffirmed the sovereignty of the tribes and the assigns duties to the Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs states and would have wor'.ed to improve the Commission in its reviewing of petitions for formal government to government relations of those recognition or certification and delivery of their sovereign entities. It would have established a recommendation to the governor. Finally, this piece stronger network and working relationship between of legislation sets up the appeals process for the the parties to deal with issues facing them both. decisions made by the commission. It is currently pending in the Senate State Government Tennessee Committee. Five companion bill sets were examined by E::::.the Tennessee legislature, four of which Rhode Island "blecamelaw. The first set requires Three resolutions were introduced in the placement of a "Native American Indian" 1994 legislative session in Rhode Island. box or blank on employment forms, education The first requested the United States applications, or other documents requesting or Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs in demanding specification of ethnic origin. The Washington, D.C., and the Acting Chief, Division second grants Native Americans eligibility for of Trust Services at the Eastern Area Office of the minority scholarships, grants and other benefits at Bureau of Indian Affairs, to mandate ...ampliance any school system in the state. The third set of with all state and local laws by any entity which bills enacted designates the fourth Monday in obtains federal land and requests "trust status." September as American Indian Day and urges state This resolution include:1 Indian tribes and and local participation in its celebration and encompasses such issues as comprehensive land observation. The final pair of companion bills use plans and zoning laws and ordinances. permits the creation and use of Native American Indian cultural license plates as long as they meet The other House resolution (8190) never made state rules and regulations. it out of the Committee on Finance; however, its

10 1 The bills not passed would have authorized the Washington formation of a housing authority for Native Five of the 18 proposed bills in the state of Americans and set forth its duties and terms of Washington were enacted. The House bills office. C]that passed involved criminal jurisdiction on Indian lands, housing trust fund Utah appropriations, and treatment of sexually Three House bills were considered during aggressive youth. L_the 1994 legislative session in Utah. A bill that dealt with the expenses of the Utah HB 2159 grants the state authority to issue the Navajo Trust Fund Board was enacted. It Skokomish Tribe criminal jurisdiction over Native amended sections of Utah law to allow certain Americans for crimes on their tribal territory and expenditures from the trust fund. The trust trust status lands. The second House bill allows administrator may now apportion trust monies for the state to assist federally recognized tribes in per diem and expense reimbursement to the Washington with housing projects. The tribe must members of the Dineh Committee. comply with the revenue and taxation laws applicable to them in order to receive funding. The A health bill, proposed to amend the law that third House bill enacted permits sexually prohibits smoking in public places, did not pass. aggressive youth in the custody of a tribe or subject Its aim was to allow Native Americans involved in to a tribal court within the state to receive funding a religious ceremony of the tribe to smoke tobacco for treatment. However, the funding is available to in their traditional pipe. Another bill that failed the tribe only if it uses equivalent definitions and related to public education in the state. It would standards for determination of the youth's sexual have held the State Board of Education responsible aggressive behavior and if the department solicits for the education of all persons under the age of 21 federal funding for youth treatment. who were in the custody of an agency of a federally recognized Indian tribe. The Legislature would A Senate bill amending the residency status have been required to establish an education budget requirements for Native Americans for post for the youth and the Board of Education would secondary education tuition purposes became law. have appointed a coordinating council to set up the Another Senate bill incorporating tribal authorities education program. into the mental health care systems also passed.

Virginia Two other House bills that failed would have A House Joint Resolution was adopted allowed tribes to request the designation of special requesting the United States Congress to protection areas for groundwater in the state and grant federal recognition to seven would deny public access to tribal financial and American Indian tribes in Virginia. The commercial information under provisions of a Chickahominy; the Chickahominy, Eastern tribal-state compact, except in specified instances. Division; the Upper Mattaponi; the Rappahannock; the Pamunkey; the Nansemond; and the Monacan A House concurrent resolution creating a 10- tribes have each been acknowledged by the Virginia member joint committee on Indian affairs in the Council on Indians and v.ant greater autonomy and state was not adopted. Five members from each local authority to take care of their own affairs, as party, three representing the majority party, were to well as preserving their tribal cultures. Therefore, be nominated by the president of the Senate and the the Virginia House requested federal recognition speaker of the House of Representatives statt' ; for these seven tribes in the state. respectively. Its purpose was to study the state- tribal relationship and methods of improving it, to An act placing the Council on Indians under educate the legislators and tribal leaders about each the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human other's laws and governing systems, and to Resources was Rpproved on April 11, 1994. This investigate the potential role of the Legislature in act also made provisions for the council members oversight and policy recommendations relating to to receive travel expenses to council meetings and the Centennial Accord. for the appointment, by the governor, of a Native American council member as chairman. Other bills that were not enacted during the 1994 legislative session addressed water resource planning, management and funding; recreational fishing, hatchery, and fishery matters; and 17 11 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues clarification of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. Wisconsin c2rAn act giving tribal law enforcement officers the authority to enforce state laws and regulations concerning all people on the reservation became law. It also set forth the provisions and requirements necessary for obtaining and executing these powers.

The two other Assembly bills examined in this session each died in committee. Tne first appropriated $25,000 for a feasibility study of a visitor center, walking tour, or educational exhibit, in Vernon County, on the Black Hawk War. The second bill repealed medical coverage benefits provided under the Relief of Needy Indian Persons (RNLI's) and required those people to apply for coverage under the new Health Security Plan proposed in the bill.

Two joint resolutions were also studied by the Legislature. but neither was adopted. One requested the public school systems of the state to examine their portrayal of Native Americans in team logos, mascots, and nicknames and get rid of any discriminatory or demeaning terms or names used. The other resolution recognized the environmental problems facing many Indian reservations and urged Congress to finance tribal environmental protection programs by implementing SB 654, which allocates money for that purpose.

Wyoming The Legislature addressed only two bills in 1994 concerning American Indians, both of which became law. The first creates exemptions from motor vehicle county registration fees for the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapahoe Tribe members on the Wind River Indian Reservation or other specified Indian Cotintry in the state.It also allocates $60,000 from the general fund to the state treasurer to reimburse the county treasurers for the exemptions. It was signed by the governor on March 22, 1994, and was effective on April 1, 1994. The other act extends full faith and credit to tribal laws and judicial decisions in the Wyoming state courts that meet explicit conditions. Those conditions are that the tribal documents meet specific authentication requirements, that the court judgement is valid and that the court is a court of record. This act became effective on July 1, 1994.

12 16 Appendix A Bill Summaries by State

Alabama Arizona SB 89 (Lindsey) HB 2138 (Grace) Died on Senate Calendar Restated the sovereign Failed on House floor Repealed anti-pollution relationship between the Choctaw Indians and the laws and state jurisdiction on tribal lands. State of Alabama and holds the state and county agencies responsible to abide by federal and state HB 23% (G. Richardson, et al.) acts and decisions pertaining to the Choctaw Signed by Governor Allows the Governor to people. negotiate state-tribal gaming compacts.

HB 2526 (Jackson) Alaska Failed on House floor Created a study committee HB 71 (Foster) on dual taxation of non-tribally owned property on Signed by Governor Reinstates Native reservation lands. corporations that were involuntarily dissolved. HCM 2001 (Solomon, Bee) HB 73 (MacLean) Adopted by Legislature Requests the United States Died in Senate Rules Committee Provided state Postal Commission to memorialize Charles Curtis, and local tax exemptions for certain shares in the first Native American United States Senator, Native corporations. with plument on a postage stamp.

HB 470 (Labor and Commerce Committee) (same HCM 2006 (Killian, et al.) as SB 337, Labor and Commerce Committee) Adopted by Legislature Asks Congress to help Died in House Community and Regional Affairs settle tribal water rights claims. Committee Allowed noncumulative voting of shares in some Native corporations. SB 1007 (Henderson, Blanchard) Signed by Governor Allows both the State and HB 500 (Nicholia) tribes of the State to request extradition of Indians Died in House Health. Education and Social from each other's respective jurisdiction. Services Committee Required Native language and culture educational programs into schools for both SB 1048 (Noland) students and teachers. Failed on Senate floor Amending the 1993 act prohibiting casino gambling on Indian lands. HB 501 (Williams) Died in House Judiciary Allowed shareholders to SB 1054 (Day, et al.) petition and established the procedure for doing so. Failed on House floor Amending the 1903 act prohibiting casino gambling on Indian lands. SB 136 (Lincoln, Ellis) Died in Senate Health Education and Social SB 11194 (Hardt, Henderson) Services Committee Studied the need for Native Held iii Senate Appropriations Committee language curriculum in certain schools and Authorizes the Indian Affairs Commission to u3e established the implementation process. part of its publication funds to run workshops and conferences. SB 337 (Labor and Commerce Committee) (same as HB 470, Labor and Commerce Committee) SB 1155 (Henderson) Died in Senate Judiciary Committee Allowed for Failed on Senate floor Allocated money, to be noncumulative voting of shares in Native matched by the Tribal Council, to the Navajo corporations. Veterans' Service Commission for a Navajo veterans' cemetery.

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SB 1160 (Pearce) SCM 1012 (Henderson) Signed by Governor Establishing ail evaluation Adopted by Legislature Asks Congress to require and screening process for gaming operation license the Indian Health Services Agency to fund the applicants and setting regulations. construction of the Dilkon Health Center.

SB 1234 (Henderson, et al.) SCR 1016 (Buster) Failed on House floor Appropriated $7,000,000 Failed on Senate floor Stated that the question of to the State Department of Economic Security for repealing the law allowing the governor to programs for the Navajo Tribe that is to be negotiate gaming compacts with tribes of the state matched by contributions from the Navajo Nation would be voted on in the general election of 1994. Council.

SB 1238 (Henderson) California Failed on Senate floor Gave the Navajo Tribal AB 362 ("Ricker) Council money for irrigation projects that must be Pending in Senate Rules Committee Repeals the matched by the tribe. Gaming Registration Act and enacts the Gambling Control Act. Makes other provisions concerning SB 1261 (Rios) gaming and its regulation in the state. Failed on Senate Floor Repealed act prohibiting casino gambling in relation to tribal gaming. AB 861 (Knight) Died in committee Terminated the Native SB 1332 (Henderson) American Heritage Commission. Sets regulations Failed on Senate floor Repealed statute granting and penalties for disturbing Native American state authority to enforce pure-air laws within sacred sites or interferik; with the free expression tribal jurisdiction areas. of Indian religion.

SB 1343 (Henderson) AB 3384 (Bornstein) (same as SB 2009, Tones) Failed on Senate floor Appropriated funds, to be Pending in Senate Rules Committee Appoints the matched by the tribe, to the Departmem of Governor as the state officer accountable for Economic Security for Navajo facilities. negotiating gaming compacts with Indian tribes. Requires the Governor to submit the compacts to SB 1344 (Henderson) committee for study and to consider any comments Failed on Senate floor Appropriated funds to the suggested by the committee before implementing state Division of Emergency Management for the compacts. emergency use by the Navajo Tribe. AB 3775 (Campbell) SB 1440 (Wright, et al.) Pending in Senate Appropriations Committee Signed by Governor Studies the effects of dual Permits the Superintendent of Public Instruction to taxation on non-tribally owned lands on the enter into interstate attendance compacts with reservation. adjoining states which include lands of the same Indian reservation as the state of California. SB 1520 (Springer) Failed on House floor Budgeted money for AJR 96 (Martinez) payment of the San Carlos Apache Tribe water Introduced in Committee Urges federal rights settlement. recognition of the Gabrielino-Tongva Nation as an aboriginal California tribe. SCM 1008 (Henderson. Noland) Failed on House floor Urged Congress to fund SB 2009 (Tones) (same as AB 3384, Bornstein) anti-crime programs on tribal lands. Failed in Assembly Government Organizations Committee Nominates the Governor as the state SCM 1009 (Henderson) officer for negotiation and implementation of Failed on House floor Solicited Congress to gaming compacts with the state tribes. authorize the Indian Health Services Agencies to continue to meet the needs of the tribal commui,;ties. Connecticut HB 5839 (Judiciary Committee) Died on Senate Calendar Allowed the Governor

14 to negotiate agreements with tribes concerning Florida criminal and civil jurisdictional authority on HB 1493 (Benson) (same as SB 1220, Childers) reservation lands. Died in House Governmental Operations Committee Established July 1, 1994 as the term HB 5840 (Judiciary Committee) expiration date for the members of the Creek Indian Died in Joint Legislative Management Committee Council and provides for nomination of new Established a task force on Indian affairs to members and sets their respective term lengths. evaluate the authority of and funding for the Indian Affairs Council. HB 1497 (Kerrigan) Died in House Criminal Justice Committee HB 5841 (Judiciary Committee) Entitled the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes' law Died in Joint Goveri cent Administration and enforcement agencies to certain criminal history Elections Committee Required the Governor to records for criminal investigation that affects the consider the impact of compacts and agreements tribes. with tribes on the affected municipalities and other tribes. HB 1837 (Geller) Died in House Community Affairs Committee Set HB 5842 (Judiciary Committee) election dates and procedure for the Board of Died on House Calendar Allowed the defendant to Supervisors of the Indian Trace Community plead the statute of limitations in Indian land claim Development District and establishes a four-year cases. term.

HB 5843 (Judiciary Committee) SB 264 (Silver) Died on House Calendar Required Indian tribes Died in Health and Rehabilitation Services negotiating a compact or agreement to waive all Committee Provided an affidavit for Native land claims against the state or any property American status in adoption cases. (A study owners. commission was formed to study the laws and procedures of adoption in the state and present HB 5844 (Judiciary Committee) their results and recommendations to the state by Died in public hear, Set aside funding for February 1, 1995). municipalities to reg. .;d to the federal government in cases of tribes 'pplying for land in trust status. SB 1220 (Childers) (same as HB 1493, Benson) Died on Senate Calendar Set date for expiration HJR 48 (Judiciary Committee) of the Creek Indian Council member's terns and Died ire public hearing Designated the study and procedure for new members' appointments. request for funds for communities affected by tribal gaming activities a duty of the Governor. SB 2780 (Forman) Died in Senate Commerce Committee Established HJIt 49 (Judiciary Committee) rules and regulations for the operation of a pari- Died in Joint Legislative Management Committee mutuel gaming facility on an Indian reservation in Asked for specific criteria to be analyzed in tribal the State. land acquisition cases before the Department of the Interior makes a decision on an application. Georgia SB 3 (Crisco) HB 1244 (L. Smith) Died in public hearing Designated a specific Died in House Natural Resources and portion of the Mashantuket Pequot Fund for Environment Committee Provided state economic development programs. recognition for the United Creeks of Georgia.

SB 370 (Government Committee) (Public Act 94- HB 1271 (Thus) 244) Died on House Calendar Set penalties for Vetoed by GovernorOverridden by Senate and disturbing or removing artifacts on tribal burial House Requires approval by the general assembly sites. for compacts between the state of Connecticut and Indian tribes or other states to he implemented. HB 1718 (Hegstrom) Died in House Natural Resources and Environment Committee Granted the 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Commissioner of Natural Resources and the SR 142 (Tungpalan, et al.) Council on American Indian Concerns the duties Adopted by Legislature Requests the retention of formerly carried out by the Secretary of State and the Hawaiian Kupuna studies program component the Department of Archives and History in the public education curriculum. respectively. Native Language, Culture, and History SB 508 (Ralston) HCR 426, HCR 471, HR 158, SR 162, HB 3597, Died in Senate Special Judiciary Committee HB 2624, SB 2341, Granted state recognition to the Southern Band of SB 2419, SB 2420, SB 2708, SB 2756, SB 2895, Cherokees and Creeks. SB 3068, SB 3105, SB 3130, and SB 3194. SB 618 (H.I.Ragan, Ttimer) Died on Senate Calendar Created tribal housing Native Land Rights authorities and their duties and terms of office. HCR 398, HCR 460, HR 155, HR 157, HR 383, SCR 121, SCR 180, SR 90, HB 3113, HB 3564, HB 3565, SB 2267, SB Hawaii 2769, SB 2934, Due to the great number of bills concerning Native SB 2935, SB 2937, SB 2996, SB 3028, SB 3103, issues considered by the Hawaiian legislature in and SB 3300. 1994, only those bills that were enacted are summarized individually here and the rest are listed Self Determination and Sovereign Rights under a general subject title (many of the bills HCR 134, HCR 137, HCR 345, HCR 397, HCR could have been placed under several different 431, HCR 456, HR 123, subjects). HR 126, HR 186, SCR 114, SCR 157, SCR 161, SCR 181, SR 83, HCR 399 (Apo, et al.) SR 125, SR 138, SR 141, HB 3624, SB 2.'55, SB Adopted by Legislature Asks for implementation 2427, SB 2707, of a Hawaiian Studies Department and required SB 2873, and SB 3153. course for graduation. Native Water Rights HR 184 (Arakaki, et al.) (same as SR 113, HCR 135, HR 124, HB 3012, and SB 2758. Kobayashi) Adopted by Legislature Asks for a early childhood Native Education education and child care conference to discuss how HCR 139, HCR 140, HCR 148, HCR 344, HCR to better serve native Hawaiians. 429, HR 127, HR 129, HR 309, SCR 26, SCR 148, SCR 178, SCR 224, HR 185 (Arakaki, et al.) SR 181, and SB 2693. Adopted by Legislature Urges the coordination of Haw.ian trust and foundation services with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Idaho HB 974 (Ways and Means Committee) SR 113 (Kobayashi) (same as HR 184, Arakaki, Failed on House floor Dealt with sales tax et al.) exemptions on tribal lands for tribal businesses. Adopted by Legislature Asks for a early childhood education and child care conference to discuss how HB 978 (Ways and Means Committee) to better serve native Hawaiians. Died in House State Affairs Committee Authorized payment of lottery revenueson tribal SR 121 (Solomon, et al.) lands to tribes through compacts with the state. Adopted by Legislature Urges the creation of a Pacific islands trade policy for the state. HCR 68 (Ways and Means Committee) Died in House State Affairs Committee Adopted SR 140 (11ingpalan, et al.) specific terms for a compact between the Kootenai Adopted by Legislature Concerns breaches of the Tribe and the state of Idaho. Hawaiian Home Lands Trust before August 21, 1959. SB 1390 (Education Committee) Signed by Governor Grants residency to specific tribestretate higher education purposes.

16 SB 1472 (Resources Committee) Indian Tribal-State Commission in the Maine Died in House Resources and Conservation Indian Claims Settlement. Committee Added a non-voting tribal member to serve in an advisory position on the Idaho Fish and LD 1998 (Judiciary Committee) Game Commission. Died in committee Authorized and established provisions for the Passamaquoddy Tribe to operate SB 1526 (Judiciary/Rules Committee) a casino in the city of Calais. Died in committee Gave up state civil and criminal jurisdiction over motor vehicles on the LD 1999 (Judiciary Committee) Fort Hall Indian Reservation to the Shoshone- Died in committee Authorized and established Bannock Tribes and the federal government. provisions for the Passamaquoddy Tribe to operate a casino in the city of Calais. SB 1566 (State Affairs Committee) Died in committee Provided tax exemptions for LD 2000 (Judiciary Committee) certain sales by tribally owned businesses on tribal Died in committee Authorized and established lands. provisions for the Passamaquoddy Tribe to operate a casino in the city of Calais. SCR 142 (State Affairs Committee) Died in committee Established a sales tax LD 2010 (Vose) (Chapter 713) exemption compact between the Kootenai Tribe Approved by Governor Allocates land for the and the state of Idaho. Passamaquoddy Tribe in the city of Calais not exceeding one hundred acres. Acquisition must be SCR 146 (State Affairs Committee) approved by the legislative body of the city and a Adopted by Legislature Provides for sharing of tribal-state gaming compact is agreed to or set to lottery revenues from sales on tribal lands. negotiate.

Indiana Massachusetts HB 1156 (Schmid. Kinser) HB 2130 (Hall, et al.) Died in House Ways and Means Committee Pending in Joint Public Service Committee Incorporated service at an educational facility run Allows Indian Bureau and VISTA service to be or supervised by the B IA nto the definition of out- used as credit for the teacher retirement system. of-state service so that it can be applied to the teachers' retirement fund. HB 3296 (Scaccia, et al.) Pending in House Ways and Means Committee Authorizes the Deputy Commissioner of Capital Iowa Planning to obtain, by eminent domain laws or SB 2220 (Husak) direct purchase, property in Quincy and Milton for Died in House Judiciary and Law Enforcement reservation lands. Committee Pertains to tribal officials', gaming commission members' and regulatory agency HB 4141 (M.P. Walsh) (incorporated into Study members' access to tribal gaming employee Order H 5089) background investigation information and rights of Pending in Joint Rules Committee Requires a confidentiality. majority vote in both houses for a tribal-state gaming compact to become effective.

Kansas SB 503 (Rauschenbach, et al.) (redrafted as S HB 2142.(Weiland) 1684) Killed in House Federal and State Affairs Pending in Senate Ways and Means Commit 'e Committee Set procedures for arranging and Creates Indian housing authorities for the Mash:ee implementing tribal-state gaming compacts. Wampanoag and Nipmuc Tribes and their operating areas and duties.

Maine SB 1005 ( Rauschenbach, Turkington) LD 1604 (Cashman) (Chapter 489) On Senate Calendar for next session Allows Approved by Governor Incorporates the Maine exemptions from environmental permit and compliance fees for Indian housing authorities. 4 Li7 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

SB 1503 (Antonioni, et al.) hire or contract a professional archaeologist to On Senate Calendar for next session Specifies a study and recover Indian burial grounds. section of the State Highway Route 2 as the Gateway to the Mohawk Trail and states that a HF 3209 (Chapter 587) (Includes HB 2557, E. marker be placed there. Olson, Johnson and SB 2282, Finn) Signed by Governor Subtracts corporate, individual, estate and trust salary expenses not Michigan allowed for federal income tax purposes due to HB 4516 (McBryde) (Public Act 155) claiming the Indian employment credit. Approved by Governor Arranges certification process as a police officer under the Michigan Law HF 3210 (Includes HB 2169, Clark et al. and SB Enforcement Officers Training Council Act of 2134, Spear, et al.) 1965for tribal law enforcement officers under Vetoed by Governor Provided for a facility to certain situations. house chronic stage chemically dependent American Indians under certain conditions. HR 678 (Bodem) Adopted by the House Reaffirms the status of the SF 1930 (Chapter529)(Includes HB 2438, Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Greenfield, Simoneau and SB1930,Betzold) as a Michigan historic Indian tribe and requests the Signed by Governor Uses definition of American Congress of the United States to grant the tribe Indian for purposes of administering county federal recognition. medical health grants.

SF 1982 (Chapter586)(Includes HB 2064, Minnesota Brown, et al. and SB 1982, No ak, et al.) HF 218 (Chapter 643) (Includes HB 2721, Signed by Governor Authorizes Indian housing Kinkel and SB 2376. Finn, et al.) loans to be administered regardless of household Signed by Governor Administers funds to the income. Historical Society to build an American Indian history center and museum to be placed at a post SF 2049 (Includes HB 2231, Clark, et al. and SB secondary institution. 2049, Finn, et al.) Died in House Health and Human Services HF 2189 (Chapter 647) Committee Created an Indian elder's position in Signed by Governor the Board of Aging. (Includes HB 2824, Vellenga, et al. and SB 2826, Pappas. et al.) SF 2171 (Chapter498)(Includes HB 2402, Requires the State Board of Teaching to determine Johnson, et al. and SB 2171, Moe, D.J. Johnson) whether to implement a curriculum for teacher Signed by Governor Recognizes American Indian preparatory Indian studies as well as student tribal governments as municipalities for fire state Native American studies. aid purposes.

(Includes HB 3126, R. Johnson, Kinkel, and SB SF 2422 (Chapter469)(Includes HB 2677, 2818, Finn. et al.) Brown, et al. and SB 2422, Finn, et al.) Grants eligibility to 11th and 12th grade students Signed by Governor Allows persons or parties to enrolled in tribal contract or grant school for post file action against those who disturb Indian burial secondary enrollment options program aid. grounds.

HF 2926 (Includes HB 2926, Mariani) SF 2685 (Includes SB 2685, Berg, et al.) Died in House Governmental Operations and Died in House Governmental Operations and Gambling Committee Transferred the power to Gambling Committee Allocated funds for designate the state archaeologist from the state to conducting investigations and background checks the Indian Affairs Council under Indian gambling compacts.

HF 3089 (Includes HB 3089, Mariani) SF 2716 (Includes HB 3009, Murphy, Carlson Died in House Economic Development and SB 2716, Chmielewski) Infrastructure and Regulation Finance Committee Died in Senate Education Committee Established Appropriated funds to the Indian Affairs Council to the Fond du Lac Community College and its

18 24 mission to work with tribal representatives to meet Missouri the education needs of Native Americans. HB 1186 (McBride) Died in House State Parks, Recreation and SF 2913 (Chapter 632) Natural Resources Committee Related to Signed by Governor unmarked human burial sites. Established (Includes HB 2043, Trimble, et al. and SB 2063, jurisdiction over and the procedure for dealing with Kelly) disturbed sites and set penalties for offenders. Mandates the electric public utility with power lines in Indian Mounds Park in St. Paul to remove HB 1776 (Hosmer, et al.) or bury the lines. Died in House State Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Committee Created a nine- (Includes HB 2749, R. Johnson, et al. and SB member Missouri Indian Affairs Commission in the 2437, Finn, et a.) Department of Natural Resources. Set term length, Appropriates funds to the Minnesota Amateur officer election procedure, and the projects and Sports Commission for use by the Minnesota goals of the commission. Chippewa Tribe to host the 1995 Indigenous Games. Requires matching funds from nonpublic sources. Nebraska LB 1001 (Dierks. Schellpeper) (Includes HB 3088, Mariani and SB 2894, Piper) Signed by Governor Appropriates $101,000 for Authorizes the Indian Affairs Council to appoint law enforcement and jail operations for the benefit and supervise the actions of the state archaeologist of Native Americans in any county that has land in and provides him with funds for those purposes. trust for a tribe by the federal government. Requires the archaeologist to enforce the Field Archaeologist Act. LB 1103 (Vrtiska) Indefinitely postponed in committee Granted tribal government jurisdiction over game and wildlife Mississippi regulation and penalties on all lands within the HB 228 (C. Smith) reservation boundaries. Died in House Education Committee Deleted Chickasaw school find appropriations from the LR 376 (Vrtiska, et al.) provisions of local revenue sources in the Interim study resolution Evaluates the efficiency Mississippi Code of 1972. of wildlife law enforcement on non-Indian owned reservation lands. HB 423 (Shepphard) Died in House Public Buildings, Grounds and LR 401 (Bohlke) Lands Committee Formed a committee to evalurte Interim study resolution Studies the need for the the feasibility of aside room in the new inclusion of Native American history and culture in capitol to exhibit Native and African American art. the state into teacher preparation programs.

HB 634 (E. Clark) LR 479 (General Affairs Committee) Died in House Education Committee De le' d Interim study resolution Examines the effects on Chickasaw school fund appropriations fron. economic development that tribal gaming produces. Mississippi Code of 1972 under the definition "other local revenue sources." New Hampshire HCR 171 (Malone) HJR 21 (Cogswell) (Chapter 83) Failed on House floor Suspended the deadlines for Adopted by Legislature Requests Congress and negotiating and implementing state-tribal gaming the president of the United States to solicit the compacts. remains of c4rtain Native Americans from the Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. SB 2350 (Bean) Died in Senate Finance Committee Granted credit toward Public Employees' Retirement for service New Jersey as a teacher in a Choctaw tribal school. AB 1134 (Mikulak) (same as SB 398, Zane) Pending in Senate State Government Committee 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Establishes the New Jersey Commission on Indian HB 424 (Watchman, et al.) Affairs consisting of the secretary of the State and Died in House Appropriations and Finance six public members to be appointed by the Committee Allotted money to perform a tourism governor. Sets term length, duties and services it and economic development feasibility study in the may employ. Sheep Springs community.

SB 398 (Zane) (same as AB 1134, Mikulak) HB 459 (Whitney-Welles, et al.) Pending in Senate State Government Committee Died in House Appropriations and Finance Establishes the New Jersey Commission on Indian Committee Allocated funds for Native American Affairs consisting of seven members. retention programs at New Mexico post secondary education facilities. SJR 13 (Lipman) Fending in Senate State Government Committee HB 544 (Madalena, et al.) Declares the fourth Friday in September as Native Died in House Appropriations and Finance American Day in recognition of the significant Committee Provided monetary compensation to contributions that Native Americans have made to the Pueblo of Zia for the state's use of the Zia the state of New Jersey. symbol.

HB 545 (Madalena) New Mexico Died in House Appropriations and Finance HE 15 (Atcitty, et al.) Committee Administered funds to Indian Agency Died in House Appropriations and Finance on Aging for senior citizen nutritional programs. Committee Appropriated funds for Navajo Nation emergency management services to remote areas. HB 564 (Gallegos) Died in House Appropriations and Finance HE 71 (Madalena. et al.) Committee Appropriated money to contract with Died in Senate Ways and Means Committee the Eastern Plains Council of Governments to Allowed exemptions for income earned by Native obtain a federal grant from the Economic Americans on tribal lands. Developnient Administration.

HB 74 (Madalena. et a].) HB 618 (Watchman, et al.) (Chapter 32) Died in House Rules and Order Committee Signed by Governor Forms a task force on dual Allowed tribes to purchase liquor wholesale under taxation on the reservation and sets its duties and certain conditions. membership terms.

HB 286 (Baca. et al.) HB 668 (Watchman, et al.) Died in House Appropriations and Finance Died in House Appropriations and Finance Committee Administered funds for medical Committee Allocated funds to maintain a Navajo investigations of deaths that occurred on language court interpreters program. reservations. HB 688 (Madalena. et al.) HB 288 (Salazar) Died in House Rules and Order Committee Died in House Appropriations and Finance Provided Indian Health Service constituent Committee Allocated money for Indian home exemptions under specific provisions. improvements. HB 696 (Atcitty) HB 290 (Salazar, et al.) Died in House Appropriations and Finance Died in Senate Ways and Means Committee Committee Gave financial support to the San Juan Provided tax exemptions for Indian arts and craft College governing board for an American Indian sales by tribal members at markets with only Cultural Institute. Native American vendors. HB 704 (Baca, et al.) HB 371 (Huerta. et al.) Died in House Appropriations and Finance Died in House Appropriations and Finapice Committee Created a Native American Housing Committee Provided financial support for Authority and set funding for its operation and duty technical assistance to Native American artists. fulfillment.

tl 20 4L HB 804 (Madalena, et al.) HJM 28 (Madalena, et al.) Died in House Appropriations and Finance Died in Senate Rules Commit'ee Honored the Zia Committee Provided for the development and sun symbol and its placement on the New Mexico operation of a Native American Film Festival. State Flag.

HB 835 (Lujan, et al.) HM 18 (Baca, et al.) Died in House Appropriations and Finance Died in House Education Committee Requested Committee Established an election information the State Department of Education to follow its program for the Eight Northern Pueblos. own policies in hiring and providing benefits for Native American employees. HB 836 (Lujan, et al.) Died in House Appropriations and Finance HM 64 (Madalena, et al.) Committee Provided operation assistance for the Adopted by Legislature Solicits statewide veterans' program of the Eight Northern Pueblos recognition and support of the Native American Council. Election Information Program.

HB 847 (Pederson, Miera) (Chapter 66) HM 73 (Underwood, et a].) Signed Governor Appropriates funds to update Adopted by Legislature Concerns the construction and coordinate the DWI process between the local, of an elementary school on the Mescalero Apache state, anci tribal government agencies. reservation to replace the facility destroyed by fire in 1990. HB 907 (Morgan) Killed by House Appropriations and Finance HM 86 (Atcitty, al.) Committee Administered funds for the Grant's Adopted by Legislature Urges Congress and the Native American Cultural Museum. president of the United States to provide monetary support for tribal economic development projects. HJM 4 (Morgan, et al.) Died in Senate Conservation Committee HM 94 (Madalena, et al.) Requested funding for the Navajo irrigation Adopted by Legislature Nominates the New project. Mexico Office of Indian Affairs to design an intergovernmental accord to improve state-tribal HJM 9 (Madalena. et al.) relations. Died in Senate Indian and Cultural Affairs Committee Asked for the performance of an HM 98 (Madalena, et al.) inventory of infrastructure need on Indian trust Died in House Taxatior. and Revenue Committee lands. Requested tax credit amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for certain taxes paid to HJM 10 (Madalena, et al.) tribal governments. Adopted by Legislature Solicits funding for the construction of an agricultural science center on the HM 102 Atcitty, et al.) licarilla Apache Indian reservation. Adopted by Legislature Urges Congress to guarantee that all agencies will abide by the HJM 14 (Atcitty, et al.) provisions set forth in the Treaty of 1868 between Adopted by Legislature Urges Congress to include the United States government and the Navajo funding provisions for tribal -ublic safety Nation. programs in the U.S. crime bill. HM 105 (Atcitty, et al.) HJM 26 (Atcitty) Died in House Rules and Order Committee Adopted by Legislature Asks Congress to provide Requested that tribal gaming be allowed without the financial support for the construction of the the issuance of state-tribal compacts. Institute of American Indian Arts. SB 105 (Howes, et al.) HJM 27 (Madalena, ct al.) Died in Senate Finance Committee Allowed the Died in Senate Rules Committee Urged Congress state to sell bonds for up to $1,000,000 to tc designate a national holiday to memorialize the construct a water system in the Pueblo of Zuni. otiginal inhabitants of North America. 27 21 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

SB 109 (Pinto, et al.) SB 634 (Itosie, et al.) Died in House Appropriations and Finance Died in Senate Finance Committee Provided Committee Created an eighteen member dual financial support for a study of the mental health taxation task force to study its economic impacts issues pertaining to Native Americans in the state on both the state and the tribe. of New Mexico.

SB 110 (Howes, et al.) SB 635 ("Rosie, et al.) Died in Senate Finance Committee Administered Died in Senate Finance Committee Appropriated state money for two liaison positions between the funds to upgrade Native American community state and tribal education systems. libraries.

SB 118 (Pinto, et al.) SB 636 (nosie, et al.) Died in Senate Finance Committee Appropriated Died in Senate Finance Committee Appropriated money to fund economic development activities funds to create an Office of Native American among the state and the tribes. Community Libraries.

SB 201 (Howes, Pinto) SB 820 (Pinto) Died in Senate Finance Committee Administered Died in Senate Finance Committee Allocated funds for a senior citizen feeding center for the Red funds to maintain a Navajo language court Rock Chapter of the Navajo Nation. interpreters program.

SB 281 (Howes) SJM 7 (Pinto, et al.) Died in Senate Finance Committee Allocated Adopted by Legislature Requests Congress and money for Native American student educational the president of the United States to provide opportunity improvements. financial backing for the construction of the Navajo Indian irrigation project. SB 463 (Stefanics, et al.) Died in Senate Finance Committee Provided SJM 8 'Rosie, et al.) funds to contract and investigator to enforce the Adopted by Legislature Urges the local, state and Indian Arts and Crafts Sales Act. tribal governments to share health care services.

SB 475 (Pinto, et al.) SJM 9 (Pinto, et al.) Died in Senate Ways and Means Committee Died in Senate Indian and Cultural Affairs Provided tax exemptions for Indian arts and crafts Committee Asked Congress to guarantee federal sales by tribal members at Indian vendor markets. assistance for law enforcement on reservations.

SB 522 (Tsosie. et al.) SJM 13 (Tsosie) Died in Senate Finance Committee Administered Adopted by Legislature R quests state and tribal funds for individual mental health services for coordination of election days and polling places to Native Americans. increase participation of the voters.

SB 525 (1 osie, et al.) SM 101 (Stefanics, et al.) Died in Senate Finance Committee Appropriated Adopted by Legislature Requests a report on money for Native American internships with Native American recruitment and retention certain state agencies. programs in higher education.

SB 528 (nosie, et al,) SM 102 (Stefanics, et a].) Died in Senate Finance Committee Set aside Adopted by Legislature Asks for a study of the money for education recruitment and retention need of and location for a tribal visitor center. programs for Native American students. SM 118 (Itosie, et al.) SB 594 (Stefanics, Tsosie) Died in Senate Ways and Means Committee Died in Senate Finance Committee Provided Requested tax credit amendments to the Internal funding for the development )f a live year plan for Revenue Code of 1986 for certain taxes paid to the Eight Northern Pueblos Council. tribal governments.

22 0 SM 121 (Stefanics, et al.) the Oneida Indian Nation of New York's police Died in Senate Indian and Cultural Affairs officers to make state law violation arrests and then Committee Asked for a report on all housing turn the defendants over to a state officer. programs in the state that affect Native American housing. SB 7002 (Farley) (same as AB 10684, Pordura, et al.) [Chapter 184] Signed by Governor Grants the same privileges to New York the banks and trust companies as would be allowed AB 1631 (E. Sullivan) (Chapter 628) for the national banks concerning collateral to Signed by Governor Offers financial assistance secure tribal deposits. beyond the normal length of study to eligible Native American students in post secondary SB 7741 (DeFrancisco) (same as AB 6966, institutions. Sanders, et al.) Pending in Senate Tourism, Recreation and Sports AB 6966 (Sanders, et al.) (same as SB 7741, Development Committee Makes regulations De Francisco) concerning the disturbance of Indian burial sites Pending in Assembly Codes Committee Makes more stringent. regulations concerning the disturbance of Indian burial sites more stringent. SB 7820 (Holland) (same as AB 11421, Rules Committee) AB 9257 (Keane) Pending in Senate Health Committee Authorizes Pending in Assembly Codes Committee birth certificate corrections for Ramapough Authorizes the Seneca Nation of Indians' police Mountain Indians if an affidavit with the signature officers to make state law violations arrests and of the chief of the Ramapough Mountain Indians then return the defendants to state officers. acknowledging tribal membership is received.

AB 10157 (Destito, Sanders) (same as SB 6755) Pending in Assembly Codes Committee Oklahoma Authorizes the Oneida Indian Nation of New HB 1881 (Pope) York's police officers to make state law violations Died in House Public Safety Committee arrests and then turn the defendants over to a state Authorized tribes to report vehicle registrations to officer. the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

AB 10684 (Pordum. et al.) (same as SB 7002, HB 1905 (Adair) Farley) (Chapter 184) Signed by Governor Pertains to the issues of Signed by Governor Grants the same privileges to custody, foster and adoptive care of Native the banks and trust companies as would be allowed American children. for the national banks concerning collateral to secure tribal deposits. HB 2327 (Matlock) Died in House Rules Committee Made the State AB 11318 (Rules Committee) Bureau of Investigation responsible for supervising Pending in Assembly Social Services Committee Indian gaming compacts. Grants tribes access to unused funds in the state Block Grant Program. HB 2737 (J. Hamilton, Taylor) Signed by Governor Decreases the appropriation AD 11421 (Rules Committee) (same as SB 7820, to the Indian Affairs Commission from the State Holland) Treasury. Pending in Assembly Health Committee Authorizes birth certificate corrections for HB 2741 (J. Hamilton, Taylor) Ramapough Mountain Indians if an affidavit with Never considered out of House Appropriations the signature of the chief of the Ramapough Committee Provided duties, employee Mountain Indians acknowledging tribal compensation and budgetary limitations for the membership is received. Indian Affairs Commission.

SB 6755 (Scars) (same as AB 10157, Destito, HB 2810 (Hamilton, Taylor) Sanders) Never considered out of Nous,. Appropriations Pending in Senate Codes Committee Authorizes Committee Apportioned funds to the Indian 2323 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Affairs Commission for personal sf.:.vices and South Dakota. performing its duties. HB 1156 Green, et al.) Failed on House floorGave tuition waivers for SB 746 (Haney) members of South Dakota tribes admitted to the Signed by GovernorModifies membership and University of South Dakota's School of Law. number of meetings of the Indian Affairs Commission. Adds two non-voting members to the HB 1332 (Appropriations Committee) commission. Signed by GovernorAdministers money to the Board of Regents for the Indian scholarship SB 933 (Eaney) program. Died in House Commerce, Industry and Labor CommitteeIncluded interest waivers and penalties SB 207 (Val anclra, et al.) for an employer who is a federally recognized Signed by GovernorDefines Indian terms for use Indian tribe. in ending the false sale of Indians arts and crafts.

SB 934 (Haney) SB 212 (Bender, Gabriel) Died in House Commerce, Industry and Labor Signed by GovernorEstablishes two state working CommitteeReinstated tribes to employer status, holidays and sets aside funds for use in Native fees or interest and made tribes subject to American memorial education grants. provisions and liabilities of the act. SB 237 (Rogen, et al.) Killed by House State Affairs Committee Pennsylvania Reaffirmed sovereign relationship between the SB 1636 (Afflerbach) tribes and the state. Worked to establish a stronger Pending in the Senate State Government working relationship between the two for mutually CommitteeArranges the procedure for acquiring beneficial purposes. formal recognition of Native American tribes and certification of Native American organizations by the state. Defines the uuties and powers of the Tennessee Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs Commission in this HB 2283 (Ritchie) (Public Chapter 606) process. Signed by GovernorDesignates the fourth Monday in September asAmerican Indian Day.

Rhode Island HB 2284 (Ritchie) (Public Chapter 971) HR 8019 (Henseler, Benson) (Resolution 96) Signed by GovernorMandates a box or blank Adopted t,. LegislatureRequests the United States labeled "Native American Indian" on state Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs to mandate employment and education applications as well as compliance of state and local laws in obtaining any document requesting the disclosure of ethnic federal land for "trust status." origin.

HR 8190 (Lopes, et a].) (same as SR 2911. HB 2285 (Ritchie) (Public Chapter 972) Ruggerio, et al.) Signed by GovernorGrants Native Americans Died in House Finance CommitteeUrged the eligibility for minority scholarships, grants and Federal Court of Appeals to expedite a decision on benefits in any state school system. the Narragansett Nation case concerning the operation of a tribal casino. HB 2337 (Crain) (Public Chapter 652) Signed by GovernorPermits the use of Native SR 2911 (Ruggerio. et al.) (Resolution 42) .ime American cultural license plates that meet state as HR 8190, Lopes, et al.) motor vehicle requirements. Adopted by LegislatureUrges the Federal Court of Appeals to expedite a decision on the Narragansett HB 2822 (West) (same as SB 2748, Harper) Nation case concerning the operation of a tribal Died in House Budget SubcommitteeAuthorized casino. housing authorities for Native Americans and set their duties and term requirements.

24 SB 2178 (Cohen) Washington Substituted by HB 2283Designated the fourth HB 2159 (Sheldon, et al.) (same as SB 6040, Monday in September asAmerican Indian Day. Owen) Signed by GovernorAllows the state to grant the SB 2179 (Cohen) Skokomish tribe criminal jurisdiction over Substituted by HB 2284Mandated a box or blank American Indians on tribal lands. designated "Native American Indian" on state employment and education applications as well as HB 2190 (Ogden, et al.) (same as SB 6213, Pelz, any document requesting the disclosure of ethnic et al.) origin. Signed by GovernorProvides funding, in the form of loans and grants, for tribes in compliance with SB 2180 (Cohen) applicable revenue and taxation laws for housing Substituted by HB 2285Granted Native projects. Americans eligibility for minority scholarships, grants and benefits in any state school system. HB 2208 (Dellwo, et al.) (same as SB 6044, Bauer) SB 2594 (Leatherwood) Died in House Appropriations Committee Substituted by HB 2337Permitted the use of Modified residency status of Native Americans for Native American cultural license plates that met higher education tuition purposes. Specified which state motor vehicle requirements. tribes' members would be considered residents of the state of Washington for tuition reasons. SB 2748 (Harper) (same as HB 2822, West) Died in Senate State and Local Government HB 2301 (Rust, Romero) CommitteeAuthorized housing authorities for Died in House Environmental Affairs Committee Indians and set duties and term length. Allowed tribes to petition for designation of ground water special protection areas in the state.

Utah HB 2512 (Leonard, et al.) (same as SB 6258, HB 274 (K. Johnson, etal.) Talmadge) Died on Senate floorMade the State Education Signed by GovernorAppropriates funding for the Board responsible for educating persons under 21 treatment of sexually aggressive youth in custody who are in custody of an Indian tribe. of a tribe or subject to a child welfare case in a tribal court. Sets provisions for the tribes to be HB 445 (M. Johnson) eligible for the funds. Signed by GovernorAdministers money for per diem and expense reimbursements to members of HB 2789 (Heavey, et al.) the Dineh Committee. Died in House Rules CommitteeDenied public inspection and use of tribal financial and HB 454 (Anderson) commercial information under terms of tribal-state Died on House floorAllowed Native Americans compacts except under certain conditions. participating in a religious ceremony to smoke their peace pipe in public places. HCR 4429 (King, et al.) Died in House Rules CommitteeCreated a joint committee on Indian affairs to study state-tribal Virginia relations. Established number and affiliation of HB 436 (Cooper, et al.) committee members and nomination procedure as Signed by GovernorMakes the Council on Indians well as committee duties. an agency of the Health and Human Resources department. among other provisions. SB 5772 (Fraser, et al.) Died in Senate Energy and Utilities Committee HJR 25 (Cooper, etal.) Dealt with tribal-state intergovernmental water Adopted by LegislatureRequests Congress to resource planning in the central Puget Sound area. issue federal recognition to the seven state- recognized Virginia tribes. SB 5773 (Fraser, Barr) Died in Senate Rules CommitteeUrged joint tribal-state water resource planning, management and funding efforts in the state.

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SB 5874 (Owen, et al.) AB 1114 (Robson, et al.) Died in Senate Natural Resources Committee Died in special Health Care Review Committee Provided increased recreational fishing support and Repealed Relief of Needy Indians Persons program more tribal fishery input. medical coverage.

SB 6040 (Owen) (same as HB 2159, Sheldon, et AB 1198 (Joint Legislative Council Committee) al.) (Wis. Act 407) Died in Senate Rules Committee Changed the Signed by Governor Grants tribal law officers the rights of criminal jurisdiction over Native right to enforce state laws and regulations on tribal Americans on Skokomish lands. lands.

SB 6044 (Bauer) (same as HB 2208, Dellwo, et AJR 27 (Boyle, Turner, et al.) al.) Died in Senate Education Committee Asked the Signed by Governor Allows certain tribal state public school systems to review there members to obtain residency status for higher depiction of Native Americans for logos, mascots, education tuition purposes. and nicknames and get rid of any that were demeaning or discriminatory. SB 6120 (Hargrove, et al.) Died in Senate Rules Committee Advocated tribal SJR 35 (Breske, et al.) salmon enhancement programs. Died in Assembly State Affairs Committee Urged Congress to pass SB 654 which appropriated SB 6213 (Pelz, et al.) (same as HB 2190, Ogden, money for tribal environmental protection et al.) programs. Died in Senate Rules Committee Provided funding. in the form of loans and grants, for tribes in compliance with applicable revenue and taxation Wyoming laws for housing projecs. HB 43 (Judiciary Committee) (Chapter 97) Signed by Governor Allows motor vehicle SB 6258 (Talmadge) (same as HB 2512, Leonard, registration exemptions for tribal members of the et al.) state. Died in Senate Health and Human Services Committee Provided provisions for obtaining HB 152 (Tipton, et al.) (Chapter 44) funds for the treatment of sexually aggressive Signed by Governor Establishes full faith and youth in the custody of a tribe. credit for tribal laws and judicial decisions in state courts. SB 6335 (Snyder, et al.) Died in Senate Rules Committee Allowed Indian tribes to operate state-owned salmon hatcheries.

SB 6408 (Spanel, et al.) Signed by Governor Includes tribal authorities in mental health system networks.

SJM 8028 (Sutherland, et al.) Died in Senate Rules Commi:tee Urged Congress to clarify the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.

Wisconsin AB 747 (Johnsrud, et al,) Died in Joint Finance Committee Appropriated money for a feasibility study on an exhibit or tour on the Black Hawk War.

26 Appendix B Federally Recognized Indian Tribes by State

Alabama Craig Community Assocation Poarch Band of Creek Indians Native Village of Crooked Creek Native Village of Deering Alaska Native Village of Dillingham Native Village of Akhiok Native Village of Diomede Akiachak Native Community Village of Dot Lake Akiak Native Community Douglas Indian Association Native Village of Akutan Village of Eagle Village of Alakanuk Native Village of Eek Alatna Village Egegik Village Native Village of Aleknagik Eklutna Native Village Native Village of Algaaciq Native Village of Ekuk Allakaket Village Ekwok Village Native Village of Ambler Native Village of Elim Village of Anaktuvuk Pass Emmonak Village Yupiit of Andreafski Evansville Village Angoon Community Association Native Village of Eyak Village of Aniak Native Village of False Pass Anvik Village Native Village of Fort Yukon Village of Arctic Village Native Village of Gakona Native Village of Atka Galena Village (Louden) Village of Atmautluak Native Village of Gambell Atqasuk Village Native Village of Georgetown Aukquan Traditional Community Native Village of Goodnews Bay Native Village of Barrow Organized Village of Grayling Beaver Village Gulkana Village Native Village of Belkofski Native Village of Hamilton Native Village of Bill Moore's Slough Healy Lake Village Birch Creek Village Holy Cross Village Native Village of Brevig Mission Hoonah Indian Association Native Village of Buckland Native Village of Hooper Bay Native Village of Cantwell Hughes Village Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Huslia Village Chalkyitsik Village Hydaburg Cooperative Association Native Village of Chanega Igiugig Village Village of Cheformak Village of riliamna Chevak Native Village lnupiat Community of Arctic Slope Chickaloon Native Village Ivanhoff Bay Village Native Village of Chignik Organized Village of Kake Native Village of Chignik I agoon Kaktovik Village Chignik Lake Village Village of Kaiskag Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan) Village of Kaltag Chilkoot Indian Assocation (Haines) Village of Kanatak Chinik Eskimo Community Native Village of Karluk Native Village of Chistochina Organized Village of Kasaan Chitina Traditional Village Native Village of Kasilgluk Native-triage of Chuathbakuk Kenaitze Indian Tribe Chuloonawick Native Village Ketchikan Indian Corporation Circle Native Community Native Village of Kiana Village of Clark's Point Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove Native Village of Council King Island Native Community 273 3 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Native Village of Kipnuk Pedro Bay Village Native Village of Kivalina Native Village of Perryville Kiawock Cooperative Association Petersburg Indian Association Native Village of Kluti-kaah (Copper Center) Native Village of Piamuit Knik Tribe Native Village of Pilot Point Native Village of Kobuk Pilot Station Traditional Community Kokhanok Village Native V311age of Pitka's Point Koliganek Village Platinum Traditional Village Native Village of Kongiganak Native Village of Point Hope Village of Kotlik Native Village of Point Lay Native Village of Kotzebue Port Graham Village Native Village of Koyuk Native Village of Pon Heiden Koyukuk Native Village Native Village of Port Lions Organized Village of Kwethluk Portage Creek Village Native Village of Kwigillingok Rampart Village Native Village of Kwinhagak (Quinhagak) Village of Red Devil Native Village of Larsen Bay Native Village of Ruby Levelock Village Iqurmuit Tribe (Russian Mission) Lime Village Village of Salamatof Village of Lower Kaiskag Qagun Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point Manley Hot Springs Village Native Village of Savoonga Manokotak Village Organized Village of Saxman Native Village of Marshall (Fortuna Ledge) Native Village of Selawik Native Village of Mary's igloo Seldovia Village Tribe McGrath Native Village Shageluk Native Village Native Village of Mekoryuk Native Village of Shaktoolik Mentasta Lake Village Native Village of Sheldon's Point Metlakatla Indian Community Native Village of Shishmaref Native Village of Minto Shoonaq'Tribe of Kodiak Asa'Carsarmuit Tribe of Mt. Village Native Village of Shungnak Naknek Native Village Sitka Tribe of Alaska Native Village of Nanwalek (English Bay) Skaguay Traditional Community Native Village of Napakiak Village of Sleetmute Native Village of Napaimute Native Village of Solomon Native Village of Napaskiak South Naknek Village Native Village of Nelson Lagoon St. George Island Nenana Native Association Native Village of St. Michael Newhalen Village Aleut Community of St. Paul Island & St. George New Stuyahok Village Stebbins Community Association Newtok Village Native Village of Stevens Native Village of Nightmute Village of Stoney River Nikolai Village 'Pakotna Village Native Village of Nikolski Native Village of Tanacross Ninilchik Village Native Village of Tanana Native Village of Noatak Native Village of Tatitlek Nome Eskimo Community Native Village of Tazlina Nondalton Village Telida Village Noorvik Native Community Native Village of Teller Northway Village Native Village of Tetliri Native Village of Nuiqsut Traditional Village of Togiak Nulato Village Native Village of Toksook Bay Native Village of Nunapitchuk Thluksak Native Community Native Village of Ohogamiut Native Village of Thntutuliak Village of Old Harbor Native Village of Tununak Orutsararmuit Native Community Win Hills Village Oscarville Traditional Community Native Village of 1),onek Native Village of Ouzinkie Ugashik Village 28 34 Umlcumiut Native Village Colorado River Tribe Native Village of Unalakleet Colusa Rancheria Native Village of Unga Cortina Rancheria Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska Coyote :alley Tribe Native Village of Venetie Cuyapaipe Band of Mission Indians Village of Wainwright Dry Creek Rancheria Native Village of Wales Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians Native Village of White Mountain Elk Valley Rancheria Wrangell Cooperative Association Fort Bidwell Tribe Native Wage of Yakutat Fort Independence Tribe Fort Mojave Tribe Arizona Fort Yuma Tribe Ak Chin Indian Tribe Greenville Rancheria Cocopah Tribe Grindstone Rancheria Colorado River Tribe Guidiville Rancheria Mohave-Apache Tribe Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe Gila River Indian Tribe Hopland Tribe Havasupai Tribe Inaja & Cosmit Band of Mission Indians Hopi Tribe Jackson Rancheria Hualapai Tribe Jamul Band of Mission Indians Kaibab Paiute Tribe Karuk Tribe of California Navajo Nation Orleans Pascua Yaqui Tribe Yreka Quechan Tribe Happy Camp Salt River Pima-Nlaricopa Indian Tribe La Jolla Band of Mission Indians San Carlos Tribe La Posta Band of Mission Indians San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Laytonville Rancheria Tohono 0' odham Tribe Lone Pine Tribe Tonto Apache Tribe Los Coyotes Band of Mission Indians White Mountain Apache Tribe Lytton Rancheria Yavapai-Apache Tribe Manchester/Point Arena Rancheria Manzanita Tribe California Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians Agua Caliente Tribe Middleton Rancheria Alturas Rancheria Mooretown Rancheria Augustine Tribe Morongo Band of Mission Indians Barona Tribe North Folk Rancheria Benton Paiute Tribe Pala Band of Mission Indians Berry Creek Rancheria Pauma Band of Mission Indians Big Lagoon Rancheria Pechanga Band of Mission Indians Big Pine Tribe Picayune Rancheria Big Sandy Rancheria Pinoleville Rancheria Big Valley Rancheria Pit River Tribe Bishop Indian Tribe Big Bend Rancheria Blue Lake Rancheria Likely Rancheria Bridgeport Indian Colony Lookout Rancheria Buena Vista Rancheria Montgomery Creek Rancheria Cabazon Indians of California Roaring Creek Rancheria Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians XL Ranch Campo Band of Mission Indians Potter Valley Rancheria Capitan Grande Tribe Quartz Valley Indian Tribe Cedarville Rancheria Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians Chemehuevi Indian Tribe Redding Rancheria Chicken Ranch Rancheria Redwood Valley Rancheria Chico Rancheria Coast Indian Community of the Resighini Cloverdale Rancheria Rancheri a Cold Springs Rancheria 35 Rincon Band of Mission Indians 29 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Robinson Rancheria Louisiana Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria Chitimacha Tribe Round Valley Tribe Coushatta nibe Rumsey Rancheria Thnica-Biloxi Indian Tribe San Manuel Band of Mission Indians San Pasqua! Tribe Maine Santa Rosa Rancheria Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians Santa Rosa Tribe Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians Passamaquoddy Tribe Santa Ysabel Band of Mission Indians Indian Thwnship Reservation Scotts Valley Band of Porno Indians Pleasant Point Resevation Sheep Ranch Rancheria Penobscot Nation Sherwood Valley Rancheria Shingle Springs Rancheria Massachusetts Smith River Rancheria Wampanoag Tribe Soboba Band of Mission Indians Stewarts Point Rancheria Michigan Susanville Rancheria Bay Mills Tribe Sycuan Tribe Grand Traverse Tribe Table Bluff Rancheria Hannahville Indian Tribe Table Mountain Rancheria Keweenaw Bay Tribe Timbisha Shoshone Tribe Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Torres-Martinez Band of Mission Indians Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Trinidad Rancheria Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribe Thle River Tribe Tholumne Me-Wuk Rancheria Minnesota Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Lower Sioux Indian Tribe Upper Lake Rancheria Minnesota Chippewa Tribe: Viejas Tribe Nett Lake Reservation Winnemucca Indian Colony Fond du Lac Reservation Yurok Indian Tribe Grand Portage Reservation Leech Lake Reservation Colorado Mille Lacs Reservation Southern Ute Tribe White Earth Reservation Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Prairie Island Tribe (Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux) Connecticut Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota Mashantucket Pequot Tribe Shakopee Sioux Tribe Upper Sioux Tribe Florida Miccosukee Tribe Mississippi Seminole Tribe of Florida Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Idaho Missouri Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Fort Hall Tribe (Shoshone-Bannock) Kootenai Tribe Montana Nez Perce Nation Blackfeet Tribe Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation Chippewa Cree Tribe (Rocky Boy) Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of Flathead Iowa Reservation Sac & Fox Tribe Crow Tribe of Indians Fort Belknap Tribe (Gros Ventre and Assiniboine) Kansas Fort Peck Tribe (Assiniboine and Sim)) Iowa of Kansas Tribe Northern Cheyenne Tribe Kickapoo of Kansas Tribe Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe 30 3 ti Nebraska New York Omaha Tribe Cayuga Indian Nation Ponca Tribe Oneida Indian Nation of New York Santee Sioux Tribe Onondaga Nation Winnebago Tribe Seneca Nation of Indians St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Nevada Tbnawanda Band of Senecas Duckwater Shoshone Tribe Thscarora Nation Ely Colony Trbie Fallon Tribe North Carolina Fort McDermitt Tribe Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Las Vegas Band of Southern Paiute Lovelock Tribe North Dakota Moapa Band of Southern Paiute Three Affiliated Tribes (Fort Berthold) Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Devils Lake Sioux Tribe Reno-Sparks Tribe Standing Rock Sioux 'Tribe Shoshone-Paiute Tribe Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Summitt Lake Paiute Tribe Te-Moak Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada: Oklahoma Battle Mountain Band Absentee-Shawnee Tribe Elko Band Alabama-Quassarte Tribe South Fork Band Apache Tribe Wells Indian Colony Band Caddo Tribe Walker River Paiute Tribe Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Washoe Tribe of Nevada: Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Carson Colony Band Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma Dresslerville Band Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Woodfords Band (California) Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe Stewart Band Comanche Tribe Yerington Paiute Tribe Creek Nation of Oklahoma Yomba Tribe Delaware Tribe Fort Sill Apache Tribe New Mexico Iowa of Oklahoma Tribe Acoma Pueblo Kaw Tribe Pueblo of Cochiti Kialegee Tribe Pueblo of Isleta Kickapoo of Oklahoma Tribe Jemez Pueblo Kiowa Tribe Jicarilla Apache Tribe Miami Tribe of Olkahoma Pueblo of Laguna Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma Mescalero Apache Tribe Osage Tribe of Indians Pueblo of Nambe Otoe-Missouria Tribe Pueblo of Picuris Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Pueblo of Pojoaque Pawnee Tribe Ramah Navajo Chapter Peoria Indian Tribe of Oklahoma Pueblo of Sandia Ponca 'Tribe of Oklahoma Pueblo of San Felipe Quapaw Tribe Pueblo of San Ildefonso Sac & Fox Nation San Juan Pueblo Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Santa Ana Pueblo Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma Pueblo of Santa Clara Thlopyhlocco 'Tribe Pueblo of Santo Domingo Tonkawa Tribe Pueblo of Taos United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians Pueblo of Tesuque Wichita Tribe Pueblo of Zia Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma Pueblo of Zuni 37 31 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Oregon Shoalwater Bay T ibe Burns Paiute Tribe Skokomish Tribe Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua & Spokane Tribe of Indians Siuslaw Indians Squaxin Island Tribe Confederated Tribe of the Grande Ronde Tribe Stillaquamish Tribe Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Suquamish Tribe Reservation Swinonush Indian Tribe Coquille Indian Tribe Thialip Tribe Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians Upper Skagit Tribe Klamath Tribe Yakima nibe Siletz Tribe Umatilla Tribe Wisconsin Bad River Tribe Rhode Island Forest County Patawatomi Narragansett Indian Tribe Lac Courte °reifies Tribe Lac du Flambeau Tribe South Carolina Menominee Indian nibe of Wisconsin Cawtawba Indian Nation Oneida Tribe Red Cliff Tribe South Dakota Sokaogon Chippewa Tribe Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe St. Croix Tribe Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Stockbridge-Munseell-ibe Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Oglala Sioux Tribe Wyoming Rosebud Sioux Tribe Arapahoe Tribe Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Shoshone Tribe Yankton Sioux Tribe

Texas Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Ysl eta del Sur Pueblo Utah Goshute Tribe Northern Ute Indian Tribe Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Unitah & Ouray Tribe Washington Chehalis Tribe Colville Tribe Hoh Tribe Jamestown S'Klallar-. Tribe Kalispell Tribe Lower Elwha Tribe Lummi Tribe Makah Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Nooksack Tribe Port Gamble S'Kallam Tribe Puyallup Tribe Quileute Tribe Quinault Tribe Sauk-Suianle Tribe

32 Appendix C State Legislators of Native American Indian Heritage* 1994

Alaska Legislature Arizona Legislature State Capitol State Capitol Juneau, AK 99801-1182 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Main Telephone: (907) 465-2111 Senate Telephone (602) 542 -3559 House Telephone (602) 542-4221 Senator Albert P. Adams 333 Front Street, P.O. Box 333 Senator James Henderson, Jr. Kotzebue, AK 99752-0333 P.O. Box 419 Window Rock, AZ 86515 Senator George G. Jacko, lr. 716 West Fourth, #520 Representative Benjamin Hanley Anchorage, AK 99501-2133 P.O. Box 247 Window Rock, AZ 86515 Senator Georgianna Lincoln 119 North Cushman, #209 Representative Jack C. Jackson Fairbanks, AK 99701 P.O. Box 4 Window Rock, AZ 86515 Senator Fred Zharoff 112 Mill Bay Road Kodiak, AK 99615 Georgia Legislature State Capitol Representative Richard Foster Atlanta, GA 30334 P.O. Box 1630 House Information Telephone Nome. AK 99762-1030 (404) 656-5015

Representative Lyman Hoffman Representative June Hegstrom P.O. Box 886 3291 Church Street Bethel, AK 99559 Scottdale, GA 30079

Representative Jerry Mackie P.O. Box 795 Maine Legislature Craig, AK 99921 State House Augusta, ME 04333 Representative Irene Kay Nicholia Main Telephone (207) 287-1400 State Capitol, #606 Ct Fax (207) 287-1456 Juneau, AK 99801-1182 Representative Douglas J. Ahearne 58 Fifteenth Avenue Madawaska, ME 04756

Penobscot Tribal Representative *Tribal affiliation has not been confirmed. Priscilla Attean List may he incomplete. P.O. Box 139 Old Town, ME 04468

Passamaquoddy Tribal Representative Madonna Scctomah P.O. Box 474 Indian Township 3 a Princeton, ME 04668 33 1994 State Legislation on Native American Issues

Minnesota Legislature Representative Frank Paul State Office Building Box 305 St. Paul, MN 55155 Pinehill, NM 87357 Information Telephone (612) 296-6013 Representative Leo Watchman, Jr. Senator Harold "Skip" Finn Box 1278 P.O. Box 955 Navajo, NM 87328 Cass Lake, MN 56633

North Dakota Legislature Montana Legislature State Capitol State Capit I 600 East Boulevard Helena, MT 59620 Bismarck, ND 58505 Telephone (406) 444-3064 Thiephone (701) 224 -2916 Fax (406) 444 -3036 Fax (701) 224-3000

Representative Bob Gervais Senator Dan Jerome P.O. Box 1810 Box 1177 Browning, MT 59417 Belcourt, ND 58316

Representative Angela Russell P.O. Box 333 Oklahoma Legislature Lodge Grass, MT 5905() State Capitol Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Representative Jay Stovall Telephone (405) 521 -2502 8325 Pryor Road Billings, MT 594i Senator Enoch Kelly Haney P.O. Box 103 Seminole, OK 74868 New Mexico Legislature State Capitol Santa Fe. NM 87503 SouthDakotaLegislature Telephone (505) 986-4t,00 State Capitol Fax (505) 986-4610 Pierre, SD 57501-5070 Telephone (605) 773-3251 Senator John Pinto Fax (605) 773-4576 Box 163 Tohatchi. NM 87325-0163 Senator James Emery 515 Behar Drive Senator Leonard Tsosie Custer, SD 57730-1009 Box 1003 Crownpoint, NM 87313 Senator Paul Valandra P.O. Box 909 Representative Thomas Atcitty Mission, SD 57555 Box 1794 Shiprock, NM 87420 Representative Richard E. Hagen P.O. Box 3 Representative James Roger Madalena Pine Ridge, SD 57770-0003 Box 2!.)5 Jemez Pueblo. NM 87024 Representative Ron J. Volesky 592 Dakota South Representative Lynda Morgan Huron. SD 57350-2858 Box 7() Crownpoint. NM 87313

tt 34 Appendix D Native American Population by State (1990 census)

Alabama 16,506 Montana 47,679 Alaska 85,698 Nebraska 12,410 Arizona 203,527 Nevada 19,637 Arkansas 12,773 New Hampshire 2,134 California 242,164 New Jersey 14,970 Colorado 27,776 New Mexico 134,355 Connecticut 6,654 New York 62,651 Delaware 2,019 North Carolina 80,155 Dist. of Columbia 1,466 North Dakota 25.917 Florida 36,335 Ohio 20,358 Georgia 13,348 Oklahoma 252,420 Hawaii 5,099 Oregon 38,496 Idaho 13,780 Pennsylvania 14,733 Illinois 21,836 Rhode Island 4,071 Indiana 12,720 Seuth Carolina 8,246 Iowa 7,349 South Dakota 50.575 Kansas 21,965 Tennessee 10,039 Kentucky 5,998 Texas 10,039 Louisiana 18,591 Utah 24,293 Maine 5,998 Vermont 1,696 Maryland 12.972 Virginia 15,282 Massachusetts 12,241 Washington 81,483 Michigan 55.638 West Virginia 2.458 Minnesota 49,909 Wisconsin 39,387 Mississippi 8,525 Wyoming 9,479