The House Natural
Resources Committee will hold a markup session tomorrow on two federal recognition bills
H.R.31
extends recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North
Carolina. The Bureau of Indian
Affairs, for the first time, backed the bill at a hearing last month.
H.R.1385
extends recognition to the Chickahominy Tribe, the
Chickahominy Tribe-Eastern
Division, the Upper
Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, the
Monacan Nation, and the
Nansemond Tribe. The tribes
were the first to greet the Jamestown settlers in the early 1600s.
The markup takes place at 10am in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office
Building. Two other bills are on the agenda.
Committee Notice:
Full
Committee Markup (April 22, 2009)
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