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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 399
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session J SENATE1 116-190
TO EXTEND THE FEDERAL RECOGNITION TO THE LITTLE
SHELL TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MONTANA,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
JANUARY 6, 2020.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 51]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 51) 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 amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purposes of S. 51 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 the Little Shell.
BACKGROUND
Federal Recognition of 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. As part of this relationship, a tribe
and its members become eligible for Federal programs and benefits.
The tribal government serves as the primary governing body of the
community responsible for carrying out that relationship.
Before Congress ended the practice of treaty-making with Indian
tribes in 1871, treaties were the usual manner of recognizing a gov-
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