A Quote from Sen. McCain's introductory remarks:
"It is long past time to change the way this Nation deals with American
Indians. It is time to break down the barriers to true tribal
self-governance and self-determination by providing Indian tribes the
authority to design both the structure and function of their trustee,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs."
Sen McCain also re-introduced his Amendments to the ICWA, now S.569.
There is now both a House and a Senate version of this legislation
introduced, altho no hearings are currently scheduled (as of Friday,
4/2/97).
Other new bills specifically for/about Native Americans in general:
H.R.1381: -- A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy
Act of 1992 to establish the . . . . Sponsor: Rep Kolbe. (A companion
bill to S.399)
H.R.1386: -- A bill to require uniform appraisals of certain leaseholds
of restricted Indian lands, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep
Metcalf.
H.R.1107: -- A bill to transfer oil and gas royalty auditing and
reconciling functions of the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary
of the Treasury, . . . . Sponsor: Rep Maloney, C..
H.R.1386: -- A bill to require uniform appraisals of certain leaseholds
of restricted Indian lands, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep
Metcalf.
BILLS AFFECTING INDIVIDUAL TRIBES/NATIONS:
H.R.948: -- A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of
the Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and
for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Kildee.
H.R.1337: -- A bill to enhance the administrative authority of the
respective presidents of Haskell Indian Nations University and the
Southwest Indian Polytechnic . . . . Sponsor: Rep Snowbarger.
H.R.1476: -- A bill to settle certain Miccosukee Indian land takings
claims within the State of Florida. Sponsor: Rep Diaz-Balart.
The text of these bills will be available at the Askwitteachik ftp site
later today. Summaries today or tomorrow (assuming my internet
connection holds out - it often goes down in the rain. Having a provider
with a name like "rust.net" ... well, you get it.)
An number of other bills turned up on the "word search" for the words
"Indian" and "tribe" - will investigate them further before posting
notice here and adding them to the site.
karen
-- Karen J. Gould http://www.askwitteachik.org/"If people are genuinely interested in honoring Indians, try getting your government to live up to the more than 400 treaties it signed with our nations." ...Glenn T. Morris - Colorado AIM