Here’s the full text of the bill.
And here’s the link to the testimony in the House Resources Committee on October 3, 2007.
Jim Keedy of Michigan Indian Legal Services testified. As Jim notes in his testimony, MILS has assisted numerous Michigan tribes in their federal recognition efforts, including Pokagon Band, Little Traverse, Little River, Lac Vieux Desert — and Grand Traverse Band, the first tribe recognized under the Federal Acknowledgment Process, 25 C.F.R. Part 83 (then Part 54). MILS is now representing the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians in their attempt to become federally recognized. Their petition is complete, but as Jim Keedy testified, it will be 15-20 years before the Bureau of Acknowledgment and Research will place their file on active review.
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