Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maine_Indian_Land_Claims_Settlement
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:settlement
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Maine
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_Indian_policy
gptkb:Legal_history_of_Maine
1980 in law
Native American history of Maine
gptkbp:compensation $81.5 million
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1980
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:legislative_body
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Maine_Indian_Claims_Settlement_Act
gptkbp:precededBy land claims lawsuits (1970s)
gptkbp:providedLand 300,000 acres
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_96-420
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Houlton_Band_of_Maliseet_Indians
gptkb:Passamaquoddy_Tribe
gptkb:Penobscot_Nation
gptkbp:resolvedClaimsOf gptkb:Houlton_Band_of_Maliseet_Indians
gptkb:Passamaquoddy_Tribe
gptkb:Penobscot_Nation
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Maine_Implementing_Act
federal trust status for lands
limitations on tribal sovereignty in Maine
tribal self-governance provisions
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
October 10, 1980
gptkbp:subjectOf land rights
sovereignty issues
federal Indian law
federal recognition of tribes
jurisdictional disputes
state-tribal relations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Penobscot_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6