Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims
Settlement Implementing Act
(HP 1307)

The Task Force has completed its work and has issued its final report:

Report of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act

Results of Task Force Recommendations – Judiciary Committee consideration during the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature (issues carried over to any special session, not yet scheduled)

• LD 2094
• LD 2094 Draft Amendment Proposed by Tribes
• LD 2118
• LD 766, P.L. 2019, c. 621
• LD 1392
• Tribal Land Terminology and Trust Land Acquisition Process
• Testimony Submitted Before or During the Public Hearings for LD 2094, LD 1392 and LD 2118
  • LD 2094
  • LD 2118
  • LD 1392
• Testimony Submitted on LD 2094 After February 19th
  • N. Mallory Testimony 2/10/20
  • N. Chandler Testimony 2/13/20
  • R. Talbot Ross Testimony 2/14/20
  • K. Smith Testimony 2/14/20
  • Youth for Climate Justice Testimony 2/14/20
  • Harald E.L. Prins Testimony 2/14/2020
  • C. Marshall Testimony 2/16/20
  • D. Neptune Adams Testimony 2/19/20
  • K. Smith Testimony 2/19/20
  • Nick Bennett, NRCM Testimony 2/27/20
  • P. Strauch Testimony 2/27/20

Task Force Meeting Dates

• Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
  Room 438 of the State House in Augusta
  
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Chart – Taxation (corrected)
  • Chart – Fish & Game (with draft recommendations from 12/5 meeting)
  • Chart – Land Use (with draft recommendations from 12/5 meeting)
  • Chart — Healthcare and Social Services
  • Chart — Education
  • Chart — Gaming
  • Chart — Civil Jurisdiction
  • Suffolk Report on Federal Laws Since 1980
  • Suffolk Report Summary Pie Chart
    
• Friday, December 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
  *NOTE:  THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED*
  Room 438 of the State House in Augusta
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Chart – Land Use and Natural Resources updated with recommendations from 12-5-19 meeting
  • Chart – Fish and Game updated with recomendations from12-5-19 meeting
  • Report by Suffolk University School of Law re: Section 1735(b) of the Settlement Act

• Thursday, December 5, 2019
  Room 438 of the State House in Augusta
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Meeting Audio
  • Chart – Civil Jurisdiction (corrected)
  • Chart – Criminal Jurisdiction (with draft recommendations from 10/21 meeting)
  • Houlton Band Of Maliseet Indians Tribal Lands – North
  • Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Tribal Lands – South
  • Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Tribal Lands – All
  • Passamaquoddy Land Maps
  • Penobscot Nation Tribal Lands
• Monday, October 21^st at 10:00 a.m.
  Room 438 of the State House in Augusta
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Meeting Audio
  • Chart – Civil Jurisdiction
  • Chart – Criminal Jurisdiction
    • Summary of criminal jurisdiction under federal Indian Law (from tribes)
    • LD 766 – as enacted by the Legislature
  • Chart – Education
  • Chart – Fish & Game
  • Chart – Gaming
  • Chart – Healthcare & Social Services
  • Chart – Land Use
  • Chart – Taxing Authority 
• Friday, September 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
  Room 438, State house in Augusta
  
  • Proposed Agenda for Tribal Presentation
  • Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country – Overview
  • Civil Jurisdiction Example – Raising Governmental Revenues Through Gaming
  • Civil Jurisdiction Example – Natural Resources Regulation – General Principles
  • Civil Jurisdiction Example – Natural Resources Regulation – Hunting, Trapping and Fishing
  • Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country – Overview
    
    
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Meeting Audio
  • History of the Settlement Act presented by Paul Thibeault
    • Historical Context of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement – powerpoint presentation
    • Historical Context of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement -presentation outline
    • Timeline Leading Up to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement
  • Summaries of federal Indian Law presented by Tribal Counsel
• Friday, August 9, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.
  Room 438, State House in Augusta
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Meeting Audio
  • Proposal from Tribes
    • 2019-08-05 Revisions to Maine Implementing Act (Cover Letter)
    • Proposed Revisions Maine Implementing Act 8-5-19 
• Monday, July 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.
  Room 438, State House in Augusta
  
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Meeting Audio

Additional Task Force Information:

Task Force Members

• Indian Claims Task Force Members

Reference Materials:

Maine Materials

• Roundtable to Review MISCA.2016
• Final Report of the Tribal-State Work Group
• Joint Order, Establishing the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act (H.P. 1307)
• An Act to Implement the Maine Indian Claims Settlement (Title 30, Chapter 601) and The Micmac Settlement Act (Title 30, Chapter 603)
• Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-420)
• Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Supplementary Claims Settlement Act of 1986 (Pub. L. No. 99-566)
• Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act (Pub. L. No. 102-171)
• Friedrichs et al., Suffolk University Law School, The Drafting and Enactment of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (Feb. 2017)

Other State Materials:

• State of Michigan Administrative Order No. 2014-12, ADM File No. 2014-33, Michigan Supreme Court (June 25, 2014)
• Michigan Tribal State Federal Judicial Forum Naakonigewin (Charter)
• FAQ Sheet Regarding the 2007 Michigan Inland Consent Decree
• Inland Consent Decree – U.S. v. Michigan, No. 2:1973-CV-00026 (W.D. Mich. 2007)
• Michigan Executive Directive No. 2012-2 (2012)
• Executive Message of Governor John Engler Regading the 2002 Government-to-Government Accord Between the State of Michigan and the Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in the State of Michigan (2002)
• Settlement Agreement by the Oneida Nation, the State of New York, the County of Madison and the County of Oneida (2013)

Task Force Staff:

Sam Senft, Legislative Analyst, OPLA

Janet Stocco, Legislative Analyst, OPLA

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