US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations
Sponsor
John Melcher, Edward Moore Kennedy
Committee
Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Congress
96th Congress, 2d Session
Files
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Description
This report from the United States (US) Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary, dated June 25, 1980 was written to accompany US Senate Bill 1795 which authorized the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre tribes to seek damages for US Constitutional violations and the delay of payment for taken lands. This report recommends an amendment to the language of US Senate Bill 1795. US Senate Bill 1795 became US Public Law 96-405 on October, 9, 1980.
Publication Date
6-25-1980
Keywords
Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Hidatsa, Gros Ventre, Blackfeet, Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, Niitsitapi, US Constitution, constitutional violations, litigation, lawsuit, damages, delay of payment
Organizations Referenced
Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Hidatsa, Gros Ventre, Blackfeet, Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, Niitsitapi, US Congress, US Court of Claims, US Department of the Interior
People Referenced
Edward Moore Kennedy, John Melcher
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Disciplines
American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History
Recommended Citation
US Congress, Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs and Committee on the Judiciary. Authorizing the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre Tribes to File in the U.S. Court of Claims Any Claims Against the United States for Damages for Delay in Payment of Lands Claimed to be Taken in Violation of the U.S. Constitution, and for Other Purposes, 96th Cong., 2d sess., S. Rep. 834. June 25, 1980. https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/25/
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