2024 -- H 8347 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
CONFERRING LIMITED PURPOSE RECOGNITION TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN | |
SEACONKE WAMPANOAG TRIBE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Perez, Noret, Diaz, Slater, Bennett, | |
Date Introduced: June 08, 2024 | |
Referred To: House State Government & Elections | |
1 | RESOLVED, That this General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island hereby officially |
2 | recognizes the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe as a Native American Indian tribe for the limited |
3 | purpose of assisting this tribe in establishing eligibility for federal education, job training, and |
4 | housing benefits and federal protection for the sale of artwork; qualifying for public and private |
5 | grants for which Indian tribes or groups, or members thereof, may be eligible; protecting the |
6 | ability of this tribe and their members to engage in traditional religious practices and ceremonies; |
7 | preserving and protecting burial sites and artifacts; and ensuring that handicrafts made by tribal |
8 | members may be sold as "Indian made"; and be it further |
9 | RESOLVED, That this General Assembly hereby further states that this resolution shall |
10 | not confer recognition for any purpose except as expressly stated herein, and shall not be |
11 | evidence that the tribe has a State compact or State approval for the purposes of the federal Indian |
12 | Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. ch. 29 ยง 2701 et seq.; and be it further |
13 | RESOLVED, That this General Assembly hereby further states that the limited State |
14 | recognition accorded to this tribe shall not be construed to affect in any way a tribe's or group's |
15 | case for federal recognition, shall not confer the right of any tribe, group or individual to conduct |
16 | gambling of any kind or to engage in the sale of motor fuels or tobacco and shall not constitute an |
17 | acknowledgement of any claim by any tribe, group, or individual to any ancestral, tribal or other |
18 | public or private lands; and be it further |
19 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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1 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Daniel McKee, Governor of the |
2 | State of Rhode Island. |
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