Bill Text: NC H844 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Indian Tribe Recognition
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-11 - Ref To Com On Government [H844 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H844-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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HOUSE BILL 844
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Short Title: Indian Tribe Recognition. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives C. Graham, Boles, T. Moore, and Stam (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Government. |
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April 11, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the statutory provisions recognizing the indian tribes of north carolina to provide all state‑recognized tribes with uniform recognition.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 71A‑3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 71A‑3. Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations and duties.
The Indians now residing in Robeson and adjoining counties of
North Carolina, originally found by the first white settlers on the Lumbee
River in Robeson County, and claiming joint descent from remnants of early
American Colonists and certain tribes of Indians originally inhabiting the
coastal regions of North Carolina, who have previously been known as "Croatan
Indians," "Indians of Robeson County," and "Cherokee
Indians of Robeson County," shall, from and after April 20, 1953, be
designated and officially recognized as Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and shall
continue to enjoy all rights, privileges and immunities enjoyed by them as
citizens of the State as now provided by law, and shall continue to be subject
to all the obligations and duties of citizens under the law.they shall
continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges, and immunities as an American
Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal governing body carrying out and
exercising substantial governmental duties and powers similar to the State,
being recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by
the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians."
SECTION 2. G.S. 71A‑4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 71A‑4. Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations and duties.
The Indians now living in Bladen and Columbus and adjoining
counties of North Carolina, originally found by the first white settlers in the
region of the Cape Fear River, Lake Waccamaw, and the Waccamaw Indians, a
Siouan Tribe which inhabited the areas surrounding the Waccamaw, Pee Dee, and
Lumber Rivers in North and South Carolina, shall, from and after July 20, 1971,
be designated and officially recognized as the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North
Carolina and shall continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges and
immunities as citizens of the State as now or hereafter provided by law, and
shall continue to be subject to all the obligations and duties of citizens
under the law.they shall continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges,
and immunities as an American Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal governing
body carrying out and exercising substantial governmental duties and powers
similar to the State, being recognized as eligible for the special programs and
services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as
Indians."
SECTION 3. G.S. 71A‑6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 71A‑6. Coharie Tribe of North Carolina; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations and duties.
The Indians now living in Harnett and Sampson and adjoining
counties of North Carolina, originally found by the first white settlers on the
Coharie River in Sampson County, and claiming descent from certain tribes of
Indians originally inhabiting the coastal regions of North Carolina, shall,
from and after July 20, 1971, be designated and officially recognized as the
Coharie Tribe of North Carolina and shall continue to enjoy all their rights,
privileges and immunities as citizens of the State as now or hereafter provided
by law, and shall continue to be subject to all the obligations and duties of
citizens under the law.they shall continue to enjoy all their rights,
privileges, and immunities as an American Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal
governing body carrying out and exercising substantial governmental duties and
powers similar to the State, being recognized as eligible for the special
programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their
status as Indians."
SECTION 4. G.S. 71A‑7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 71A‑7. The Sappony; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, and duties.
The Indian Tribe now residing in Person County, officially
recognized as the Indians of Person County by Chapter 22 of the Public‑Local
Laws of 1913, who are descendants of those Indians living in Person County for
whom the High Plains Indian School was established, shall, from and after
February 3, 1913, be designated and officially recognized as Sappony, and shall
continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges, and immunities as citizens of
the State as now or hereafter provided by law, and shall continue to be subject
to all the obligations and duties of citizens under the law.they shall
continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges, and immunities as an American
Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal governing body carrying out and
exercising substantial governmental duties and powers similar to the State,
being recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by
the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians."
SECTION 5. G.S. 71A‑7.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 71A‑7.1. Meherrin Tribe of North Carolina; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations and duties.
The Indians now residing in small communities in Hertford,
Bertie, Gates, and Northampton Counties, who in 1726 were granted reservational
lands at the mouth of the Meherrin River in the vicinity of present‑day
Parker's Ferry near Winton in Hertford County, and who are of the same
linguistic stock as the Cherokee, Tuscarora, and other tribes of the Iroquois
Confederacy of New York and Canada, shall, from and after July 20, 1971, be
designated and officially recognized as the Meherrin Tribe of North Carolina,
and shall continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges, and immunities as
citizens of the State as now or hereafter provided by law, and shall continue
to be subject to all the obligations and duties of citizens under the lawthey
shall continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges, and immunities as an
American Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal governing body carrying out and
exercising substantial governmental duties and powers similar to the State,
being recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by
the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians."
SECTION 6. G.S. 71A‑7.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 71A‑7.2. Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation in North Carolina; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations and duties.
The Indians now living primarily in the old settlement of
Little Texas in Pleasant Grove Township, Alamance County, who are lineal
descendants of the Saponi and related Indians who occupied the Piedmont of
North Carolina and Virginia in precontact times, and specifically of those
Saponi and related Indians who formally became tributary to Virginia under the
Treaties of Middle Plantation in 1677 and 1680, and who under the subsequent
treaty of 1713 with the Colony of Virginia agreed to join together as a single
community, shall, from and after July 20, 1971, be designated and officially
recognized as the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation of North Carolina, and shall
continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges, and immunities as citizens of
the State as now or hereafter provided by law, and shall continue to be subject
to all the obligations and duties of citizens under the law.they shall
continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges, and immunities as an American
Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal governing body carrying out and
exercising substantial governmental duties and powers similar to the State,
being recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by
the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians."
SECTION 7. This act is effective when it becomes law.
