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SEPTEMBER 14, 2000

Three Connecticut towns who are opposing the federal recognition of two Pequot tribes also oppose bills that would create an independent commission to review and evaluate the applications of petitioning groups.

Senate Bill 611 moved out of mark-up session in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs last week. Hearings were held earlier this year on the controversial bill, proposed by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo).

The towns have voiced opposition to the bill, as well as a similar one pending in the House. They say local and state governments need more input into any proposed bill.

"I have some real reservations about 611 turning [federal recognition] into a political process," Robert Congdon, First Selectman of Preston, told Indianz.Com in May.

The towns have also written their Congressional delegation about their issues with the bills.

Get the Bill:
A bill to provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes (S.611)

Get the Story:
Senate will consider legislation stripping BIA of authority to recognize Indian tribes (The New London Day 9/14)

Related Stories:
Town: Gover a 'mockery' (The Talking Circle 5/25)
Gover wants BIA out of nastiness (Tribal Law 5/25)
Key Provisions of the Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act of 1999 (Tribal Law 5/25)

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