Colville Indian legislation.

Hearings before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session, on S. 1442, a bill to provide for the closing of the role of the confederated tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation preparatory to submission of proposed legislation for the termination of federal supervision over the property and affairs of the confederated tribes and their members, and for other purposes and S. 1169, a bill to authorize a per capita distribution of $350 from funds arising from judgments in favor of any of the confederated tribes of the Colville Reservation; November 20, 1963, October 24, 25, and 26, 1963

by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Indian Affairs.

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Published 1964 by U.S. Govt. Print. Off. in Washington .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Indians of North America -- Washington (State),
• Indian reservations -- Washington (State),
• Colville Indian Reservation (Wash.)

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The Physical Object
Pagination	x, 362 p.
Number of Pages	362
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL18080412M
LC Control Number	64060602

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to United States federal Indian law and policy. Federal Indian policy – establishes the relationship between the United States Government and the Indian Tribes within its borders. The Constitution gives the federal government primary responsibility for dealing with tribes. Law and U.S. public policy related to . Indians on the Colville Reservation. [] Bill to ratify an agreement with said Indians; Senator Com. on Indian Affairs does not recommend ratification, as the Indians never had title to these lands, and the U.S should not pay for what belongs to it.

United States v. Wheeler, U.S. , –3 () (quoting F. Cohen, Handbook of Federal Indian Law []). Wheeler further explains that “Indian tribes still possess those aspects of sovereignty not withdrawn by treaty or statute, or by implication as a necessary result of their dependent status.” Wheeler, U.S. at Selected opinions of the Colville Confederated Tribes Court of Appeals. At Indian Law Reporter (not available online). , , , See NILL's subject index of tribal court cases in the ILR. The Act of J (Acquisition of Indian Lands for Grand Coulee Dam, 54 Stat), gave the United States "all the right, title, and interest of the Indians in and to the tribal and allotted lands within the Spokane and Colville Reservations," up to 1,foot elevation, except at the Klaxta townsite where the government was allowed to.

  Members of the Colville Tribes of Washington can now carry small amounts of marijuana. The tribal council approved an amendment that decriminalizes marijuana on the reservation, The Tribal Tribune reported. Members can possess less than one ounce of the drug -- the same amount allowed under Washington state law.   “The Colville Tribes is beginning the project because hemp, along with a wider regenerative agricultural program, can have a significant positive economic impact on our reservation and its members,” Marchand said. Hemp, like its close relative marijuana, is considered illegal under federal law. The National Indian Law Library has the best collection of tribal codes anywhere, in print and online. Checking there is often a good way to see whether a code has been published. NILL offers different ways to find tribal codes. 1. Search the catalog.. Advanced search lets Author: Mary Whisner.