Bill Text: IL HJR0112 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the Vinyard Indian Settlement of Shawnee Indians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-20 - Referred to Rules Committee [HJR0112 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0112-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois counts within its | ||||||
3 | extraordinary history the American Indians, including the | ||||||
4 | Vinyard Indian Settlement of Shawnee Indians (Vinyard Indian | ||||||
5 | Settlement), who inhabited the lands that would become Illinois | ||||||
6 | since time immemorial; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Vinyard Indian Settlement, formerly known as | ||||||
8 | part of Chief Sedowii's (Setteedown) Shawnees, is a political | ||||||
9 | successor to the signatories of treaties between colonial and | ||||||
10 | tribal entities under which large areas of land in the states | ||||||
11 | of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois were ceded to the United States; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, The members of the Vinyard Indian Settlement | ||||||
14 | continue to live in the State of Illinois, as their ancestors | ||||||
15 | have since time immemorial, before colonial records were kept | ||||||
16 | and after the removal of many tribal members to the Oklahoma | ||||||
17 | Indian Territory; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The Vinyard Indian Settlement has continued to | ||||||
19 | exist as a separate and distinct community as recorded in oral | ||||||
20 | history and in Colonel William M. Cockrum's 1907 "Pioneer | ||||||
21 | History of Indiana", in which he records the Wabash and Ohio | ||||||
22 | River Shawnee community areas
near Shawneetown 1807-1811; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Ancestral homelands of the Vinyard Indian | ||||||
2 | Settlement significantly stretch from Saline Landing on the | ||||||
3 | Ohio River south to Cave-In-Rock, including the bluff areas | ||||||
4 | along the Ohio River and in a line northwest to the Eagle | ||||||
5 | Mountains, including the Garden of the Gods; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Many of our rivers, streams, forests, trails, | ||||||
7 | islands, towns, and landmarks bear important cultural ties to | ||||||
8 | the Shawnee people; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Vinyard Indian Settlement members currently | ||||||
10 | reside in Hardin, Gallatin, Saline, White, and Pope Counties | ||||||
11 | and hold numerous cultural ceremonies throughout the year; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The Shawnee people have, through their cultural | ||||||
13 | heritage, historical influence, and participation in public | ||||||
14 | life, helped to make the State of Illinois the great state that | ||||||
15 | it is today and have contributed to the prosperity and freedom | ||||||
16 | of our country; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Formal recognition will support the Vinyard | ||||||
18 | Indian Settlement's efforts to provide for the well-being of | ||||||
19 | its members and the surrounding communities; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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1 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
2 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we recognize the Vinyard Indian | ||||||
3 | Settlement of Shawnee Indians as an Indian tribe; and be it | ||||||
4 | further
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5 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Vinyard Indian Settlement of | ||||||
6 | Shawnee Indians and its members be accorded all the rights and | ||||||
7 | privileges that come with being recognized as an Indian tribe; | ||||||
8 | and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That this resolution should not be interpreted as | ||||||
10 | creating any specific rights to land, entitlements, or any | ||||||
11 | special privileges related to gaming.
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