LD 1940
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LD 1940 Title Page An Act Regarding the Repatriation of Native American Remains LD 1940 Title Page
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LR 2833
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2842-B, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 738, Pt. C, §5,
is repealed and the following enacting in its place:

 
§2842-B.__Indian human remains

 
All Indian human remains that come into the possession of any
private person must be transferred to the intertribal
repatriation organization that is appointed by the Passamaquoddy
Tribe, Penobscot Nation, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and
Aroostook Band of Micmacs for reburial.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill provides that all Indian human remains that come
into the possession of any private person must be transferred to
the intertribal repatriation organization that is appointed by
the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation, Houlton Band of
Maliseet Indians and Aroostook Band of Micmacs for reburial.


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