BIA faces deadline on Little Shell Chippewa Tribe
Monday, July 27, 2009
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Recognition
The
Bureau of Indian Affairs is supposed to make a decision on the federal recognition petition of the
Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana.
The AP said the BIA's self-imposed deadline is today. A top official recently told Congress that a decision was near.
The tribe received a favorable proposed finding during the Clinton administration. The BIA says it has delayed making a final determination at the request of the tribe.
But the tribe says it has grown tired of waiting and has asked Congress for recognition.
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MT's Little Shell tribe could learn fate Monday
(AP 7/27)
Relevant Documents:
Status
Summary of Acknowledgment Cases (September 2008)
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