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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2005

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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N

GIVING STATE RECOGNITION FOR THE POKANOKET TRIBE OF THE WAMPANOAG

NATION

     

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Gallison, Malik, Corvese, San Bento, and Jacquard

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2005

     Referred To: House Judiciary

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     WHEREAS, An identifiable Pokanoket Indian community has existed in the vicinity of

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their ancestral lands of North-Central and Eastern Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts

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since prior to the first European contact as evidenced by the fact that this area was known as

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Pokanoket Country/King Philips Country documented in colonial times; and

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     WHEREAS, The Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation has continuously lived,

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married and intermarried amongst themselves and intermarried with the Wampanoag Nation

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Community; and

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     WHEREAS, The Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation entered into treaties and

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warred with the colonial governments in particular the Great New England War of 1675-1676

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a.k.a. the "King Philips War"; and

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     WHEREAS, It is the policy of the State of Rhode Island to recognize the indigenous

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people within the borders of the state, and to support the aspirations for the preservation of their

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cultural heritage and to assist them in achieving their just rights; and

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     WHEREAS, This act will insure the prevention of other individuals misrepresenting

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themselves by "representing" to be members of he Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation;

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and

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     WHEREAS, The towns of Bristol County in the state of Rhode Island (Bristol,

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Barrington and Warren) recognize the Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation as the

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aboriginal people throughout Eastern Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts and further

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support their Petition #145 in the Bureau of Indian Affairs to obtain federal recognition. The

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Pokanoket tribe is also supported by a National Resolution from the General Society of

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Mayflower Descendants, endorsed by Pilgrim Society and the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth,

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Massachusetts & etc.; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives and the Senate of the legislature of the

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State of Rhode Island and greater Providence Plantations formally recognize the Pokanoket Tribe

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of the Wampanoag Nation and supports Petition #145, submitted within the Bureau of Indian

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Affairs, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That duly certified copies of this resolution shall be transmitted to the

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President of the United Sates, the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of

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Representatives of the Congress of the United States, and the Director of the Bureau of Indian

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Affairs, United States Department of the Interior.

     

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N

GIVING STATE RECOGNITION FOR THE POKANOKET TRIBE OF THE WAMPANOAG

NATION

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     This resolution would give state recognition to the Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag

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Nation.

     

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H6065