Reinstates state recognition and acknowledgment of the Montaukett Indian Nation in New York.
The bill provides for the reinstatement of state recognition and acknowledgment of the Montaukett Indian Nation in New York. It establishes that the Montaukett Indian Nation will have a chief or sachem, three tribal trustees, and a tribal secretary, all elected by lineal members of the nation. The bill also sets qualifications for voters and officeholders, requiring them to be certified as lineal members of the Montaukett Indian Nation. The legislation aims to reverse the improper removal of recognition from the Montaukett Indian Nation in 1910.
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