Maine Indian Claims Task Force

Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims
Settlement Implementing Act
(HP 1307)

 

The Task Force has completed its work and has issued its final report:

Report of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act 

 

Results of Task Force Recommendations – Judiciary Committee consideration during the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature (issues carried over to any special session, not yet scheduled)

• LD 2094
• LD 2094 Draft Amendment Proposed by Tribes
• LD 2118
• LD 766, P.L. 2019, c. 621
• LD 1392
• Tribal Land Terminology and Trust Land Acquisition Process
• Testimony Submitted Before or During the Public Hearings for LD 2094, LD 1392 and LD 2118
  • LD 2094
  • LD 2118
  • LD 1392
• Testimony Submitted on LD 2094 After February 19th
  • N. Mallory Testimony 2/10/20
  • N. Chandler Testimony 2/13/20
  • R. Talbot Ross Testimony 2/14/20
  • K. Smith Testimony 2/14/20
  • Youth for Climate Justice Testimony 2/14/20
  • Harald E.L. Prins Testimony 2/14/2020
  • C. Marshall Testimony 2/16/20
  • D. Neptune Adams Testimony 2/19/20
  • K. Smith Testimony 2/19/20
  • Nick Bennett, NRCM Testimony 2/27/20
  • P. Strauch Testimony 2/27/20

Task Force Meeting Dates

• Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
  Room 438 of the State House in Augusta
  
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Chart – Taxation (corrected)
  • Chart – Fish & Game (with draft recommendations from 12/5 meeting)
  • Chart – Land Use (with draft recommendations from 12/5 meeting)
  • Chart -- Healthcare and Social Services
  • Chart -- Education
  • Chart -- Gaming
  • Chart -- Civil Jurisdiction
  • Suffolk Report on Federal Laws Since 1980
  • Suffolk Report Summary Pie Chart
    
• Friday, December 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
  *NOTE:  THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED*
  Room 438 of the State House in Augusta
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Chart - Land Use and Natural Resources updated with recommendations from 12-5-19 meeting
  • Chart - Fish and Game updated with recomendations from12-5-19 meeting
  • Report by Suffolk University School of Law re: Section 1735(b) of the Settlement Act
    
    

• Thursday, December 5, 2019
  Room 438 of the State House in Augusta
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Chart - Civil Jurisdiction (corrected)
• Chart – Criminal Jurisdiction (with draft recommendations from 10/21 meeting)
• Houlton Band Of Maliseet Indians Tribal Lands – North
• Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Tribal Lands – South
• Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Tribal Lands – All
• Passamaquoddy Land Maps
• Penobscot Nation Tribal Lands
  
  
• Monday, October 21^st at 10:00 a.m.
  Room 438 of the State House in Augusta
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Chart - Civil Jurisdiction
• Chart - Criminal Jurisdiction
  • Summary of criminal jurisdiction under federal Indian Law (from tribes)
  • LD 766 - as enacted by the Legislature
• Chart - Education
• Chart - Fish & Game
• Chart - Gaming
• Chart - Healthcare & Social Services
• Chart - Land Use
• Chart - Taxing Authority
  
  
• Friday, September 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
  Room 438, State house in Augusta
  
  • Proposed Agenda for Tribal Presentation
  • Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country – Overview
  • Civil Jurisdiction Example – Raising Governmental Revenues Through Gaming
  • Civil Jurisdiction Example – Natural Resources Regulation – General Principles
  • Civil Jurisdiction Example – Natural Resources Regulation – Hunting, Trapping and Fishing
  • Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country – Overview
    
    
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• History of the Settlement Act presented by Paul Thibeault
  • Historical Context of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement - powerpoint presentation
  • Historical Context of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement -presentation outline
  • Timeline Leading Up to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement
• Summaries of federal Indian Law presented by Tribal Counsel
• Friday, August 9, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.
  Room 438, State House in Augusta
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Audio
• Proposal from Tribes
  • 2019-08-05 Revisions to Maine Implementing Act (Cover Letter)
  • Proposed Revisions Maine Implementing Act 8-5-19
    
    
• Monday, July 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.
  Room 438, State House in Augusta
  
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Meeting Audio

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Additional Task Force Information:

Task Force Members

• Indian Claims Task Force Members

Reference Materials:

Maine Materials

• Roundtable to Review MISCA.2016
• Final Report of the Tribal-State Work Group
• Joint Order, Establishing the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act (H.P. 1307)
• An Act to Implement the Maine Indian Claims Settlement (Title 30, Chapter 601) and The Micmac Settlement Act (Title 30, Chapter 603)
• Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-420)
• Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Supplementary Claims Settlement Act of 1986 (Pub. L. No. 99-566)
• Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act (Pub. L. No. 102-171)
• Friedrichs et al., Suffolk University Law School, The Drafting and Enactment of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (Feb. 2017)

Other State Materials:

• State of Michigan Administrative Order No. 2014-12, ADM File No. 2014-33, Michigan Supreme Court (June 25, 2014)
• Michigan Tribal State Federal Judicial Forum Naakonigewin (Charter)
• FAQ Sheet Regarding the 2007 Michigan Inland Consent Decree
• Inland Consent Decree - U.S. v. Michigan, No. 2:1973-CV-00026 (W.D. Mich. 2007)
• Michigan Executive Directive No. 2012-2 (2012)
• Executive Message of Governor John Engler Regading the 2002 Government-to-Government Accord Between the State of Michigan and the Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in the State of Michigan (2002)
• Settlement Agreement by the Oneida Nation, the State of New York, the County of Madison and the County of Oneida (2013)

  

Task Force Staff:

Sam Senft, Legislative Analyst, OPLA

Janet Stocco, Legislative Analyst, OPLA

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