Rhode Island governor opposes fix to land-into-trust decision
Monday, April 11, 2011
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Rhode Island
Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I) opposes
S.676,
a bill to fix the
U.S.
Supreme Court decision in
Carcieri
v. Salazar.
The bill ensures that all tribes, regardless of the date of federal recognition, can follow the land-into-trust process.
That includes the
would allow the
Narragansett
Tribe, whose leaders are trying to place land in trust for housing.
"They don't want us to have sovereignty over that land," Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas told the Associated Press.
The Narragansett Tribe gained federal recognition in 1983. The Supreme Court said the tribe wasn't under federal jurisdiction in 1934, when the
Indian Reorganization Act became law.
S.676 amends the IRA to address the date issue. The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committee approved the bill last Thursday.
Get the Story:
Chafee has qualified opposition to land-trust fix
(The Providence Journal 4/9)
RI governor: Don't free tribal land from state law (AP 4/8)
Supreme Court Decision:
Syllabus
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Opinion
[Thomas] |
Concurrence
[Breyer] |
Dissent
[Stevens] |
Concurrence/Dissent
[Souter]
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