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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 94
115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-75
TO EXTEND THE FEDERAL RECOGNITION TO THE LITTLE
SHELL TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MONTANA,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
MAY 22, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 39]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 39) to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of Montana, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon, without amend-
ment, and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purposes of S. 39 are (1) to extend Federal recognition to the
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana (Little Shell),
making its members eligible for all services and benefits provided
by the United States to other federally recognized Indian tribes;
and (2) to effect the transfer of 200 acres of land, which the Sec-
retary of the Interior (Secretary) shall acquire and place in trust
for the benefit of Little Shell.
BACKGROUND
History of federally recognizing Indian tribes
The act of federally recognizing an Indian tribe is highly signifi-
cant. It is an affirmation by the United States of the existence of
a formal government-to-government relationship between the
United States and the tribe. Once federally recognized, a tribe and
its members have access to Federal benefits and programs, and the
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