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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1212. Findings
The Congress finds and declares that -
(1) the United States has acknowledged the Central Council of
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska pursuant to the Act of
June 19, 1935 (49 Stat. 388, as amended, commonly referred to as
the "Jurisdiction Act"), as a federally recognized Indian tribe;
(2) on October 21, 1993, the Secretary of the Interior
published a list of federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant
to part 83 of title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations which
omitted the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of
Alaska;
(3) the Secretary does not have the authority to terminate the
federally recognized status of an Indian tribe as determined by
Congress;
(4) the Secretary may not administratively diminish the
privileges and immunities of federally recognized Indian tribes
without the consent of Congress; and
(5) the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of
Alaska continues to be a federally recognized Indian tribe.
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