Bartering with the Bones of Their Dead: The Colville Confederated Tribes and Termination

Appendix: Major Legislation Affecting the Colville Confederated Tribes

145 Appendix Appendix. Major Legislation Affecting the Colville Confederated Tribes Legislation Year Created by Central points _____________________________________________________________________________ Public Law 772 1956 Colville Business Council Restoration of 818,000 acres of the North Half of the Colville Indian Reservation. Passage of restoration will be followed by creation of a plan to terminate the Colville Confederated Tribes within five years of enactment. House Resolution 1961* Colville Business Council Two‐step termination process, closure 8469 of tribal rolls upon passage of law by Congress, valuation of tribal and reservation resources, and removal of federal supervision in a time frame to be agreed upon by tribe and BIA. House Resolution 1962 Colville Indian Assoc. Complete liquidation of timber assets in 6801 preparation for termination, one‐step termination of Colville Confederated Tribes, but with an option for tribal members to remain on tribal land if desired. Senate Bill 1442 1963 Colville Business Council Initially the same as H.R. 8469, it featured a two‐step termination process, closure of tribal rolls upon passage of the law by Congress, valuation of tribal and reservation resources, and removal of federal supervision in a time frame to be agreed upon by tribe and BIA. By the end of the 1963 Subcommittee on Indian Affairs hearings, it would be revised to feature a one‐step termination process. 146 § Appendix 1 House Resolution 1963 Colville Indian Assoc. Complete liquidation of timber assets in 4918 preparation for termination, one‐step termination of Colville Confederated Tribes, no provision for post‐ termination hunting and fishing rights, termination could be passed by majority of tribal members voting in termination referendum. House Resolution 1965 Colville Business Council One‐step termination process, closure 5925 / Senate 1413 of tribal rolls upon passage of law by Congress, valuation of tribal and reservation resources, and removal of federal supervision in a time frame to be agreed upon by tribe and BIA, but also including an option to remain as a tribal corporation for tribal members who did not wish to accept a cash payout. Termination could be approved by majority of tribal members voting in termination referendum. House Resolution 1965 Colville Indian Assoc. Complete liquidation of timber assets in 6631 preparation for termination, one‐step termination of Colville Confederated Tribes, no provision for post‐ termination hunting and fishing rights, termination could be passed by majority of tribal members voting in termination referendum. Senate Bill 282 1967 Colville Business Council One‐step termination process, closure of tribal rolls upon passage of law by Congress, valuation of tribal and reservation resources, and seven‐year time frame for removal of federal supervision for those tribal members who did not wish to accept an immediate cash payout. Termination could be passed by majority of tribal members voting in termination referendum. Senate Bill 282 / 1968 Colville Business Council One‐step termination process, closure HR 3051 of tribal rolls upon passage of law by Congress, valuation of tribal and reservation resources, and seven‐year time frame for removal of federal supervision for those tribal members who did not wish to accept an immediate cash payout. Termination could be passed by majority of tribal members voting in termination referendum. ______________________________________________________________________________ *Tabled by Subcommittee on Interior and Insular Affairs until 1962, and again until 1963. ...