Bill > H600

Introduced Session

AN ACT TO RESTORE OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THE TUSCARORA AND TO PROVIDE THEM REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMISSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Whereas, the passage of Senate Bill 642 by the 1971 General Assembly created the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs, recognizing the existence within the State of certain named Indian tribes and also acknowledged the fact that members of other Indian tribes reside within the State; and Whereas, the Tuscarora were recognized through treaties with the North Carolina government, but were not among those tribes recognized in 1971; and Whereas, the Tuscarora were a powerful tribe at the time of the English settlement of the land that became North Carolina and Virginia and their prominent role in the early history of both states is well documented; and Whereas, the Tuscarora and the Cherokee are the only tribes to hold treaties with the North Carolina government; and Whereas, the King of the Tuscarora was the signatory of the 1712 General Articles of Peace and the 1714 Sun and Moon Peace Treaty and these treaties helped establish a lasting and prosperous peace between The Tuscarora and the government and citizens of North Carolina; and Whereas, the Tuscarora signed a stand-alone Treaty in 1717 with Governor Eden that reserved 56,000 acres of historic Tuscarora territory in Bertie County exclusively for the Tuscarora known as Indian Woods and in 1748 legislation reestablished the official boundaries and drew a map of its proximities; and Whereas, for two centuries, parcels of Indian Woods were allotted to descendants of the Tuscarora Tribe and they have persisted as communities of Tuscarora People since that time and have reorganized and incorporated into The Tuscarora Indians of Kahtenuaka Territories and appointed a tribal council to represent all North Carolina Tuscarora; and Whereas, a review of historical documents and testimony confirmed the current Tribal Council of The Tuscarora Indians of Kahtenuaka Territories consists of descendants of the historical Tuscarora Tribe; and Whereas, the Tuscarora and its descendants contributed and continue to contribute to the settlement and growth of the State of North Carolina, have maintained their ethnic background, original language and culture and number among themselves families with names well-known throughout the area and the State; Now, therefore

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Carla Cunningham (D)*,  Ed Goodwin (R)*,  Howard Penny (R)*,  Sarah Stevens (R)*,  Amber Baker (D),  Mary Belk (D),  Hugh Blackwell (R),  Kanika Brown (D),  Deb Butler (D),  Becky Carney (D),  Maria Cervania (D),  Allison Dahle (D),  Jimmy Dixon (R),  Julia Greenfield (D),  Pricey Harrison (D),  Zack Hawkins (D),  Frank Iler (R),  Nasif Majeed (D),  Renée Price (D),  Mitchell Setzer (R),  Carson Smith (R),  Charles Smith (D),  Bill Ward (R),  Donna White (R),  Jeff Zenger (R), 

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