Indian Issues

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• State's Comments On Federal Tribal Recognition Petition of Schaghticoke Tribal Nation (PDF-416KB)

  Comments of the State of Connecticut, The Connecticut Light & Power Company, Kent School Corporation, and Town of Kent Regarding The Petition for Federal Tribal Acknowledgment of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation Petitioner Group

• Schaghticoke Decision (PDF-6,430KB)

  Schaghticoke/Eastern Pequot Denial Critical Victory For State And Legitimate Native American Groups

• Testimony of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (PDF-18KB)

  I appreciate the opportunity to speak in support of S.1392, the Tribal Recognition and Indian Bureau Enhancement Act of 2001 and S.1393, which would provide grants to municipalities, Indian groups and other interested parties to ensure full and fair participation in tribal recognition and other procedures at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

• Pequots Decision

  Schaghticoke/Eastern Pequot Denial Critical Victory For State And Legitimate Native American Groups

• State's Comments To Bureau of Inidan Affairs Federal Triabal Recognition Petition of Gold Hill Paugussetts (PDF-231KB)

  Brief of the State of Connecticut Regarding the Petition for Federal Tribal Acknowledgment of the Golden Hill Paugussett Petitioner

• Attorney General's Reply Brief Filed In Response To Eastern Pequot Brief (PDF-40KB)

  Reply Brief of the State of Connecticut and the towns of North Stonington, Preston and Ledyard to the Answering Brief of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation

• Editorial Piece by Richard Blumenthal and Jeff Benedict Concerning Las Vegas Nights (PDF-10KB)

  Repealing our Las Vegas Nights law is an act of sovereign states’ rights -- Connecticut’s right to protect its citizens from the unintended harmful consequences of an earlier legislature’s actions. The prospect of additional casinos is no longer a distant threat. At least nine groups are at various stages – three most advanced – of applying for federal recognition before the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).

• Brief of the Attorney General's, Towns' Appeal of Eastern Pequot Recognition (PDF-219KB)

  Request For Reconsideration of the State of Connecticut and the Towns of North Stonington, Preston and Ledyard on the Final Determination of the Assistant Secretary on the Petitions for Tribal Acknowledgment of the Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut