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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 24
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
FIRST SESSION
, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Ray Begaye
A JOINT MEMORIAL
REQUESTING A STUDY OF PROCEDURES FOR AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF
FORMAL STATE RECOGNITION OF INDIAN NATIONS, TRIBES AND PUEBLOS.
WHEREAS, the state has long recognized the importance of
the Indian nations, tribes and pueblos located within the
state; and
WHEREAS, the state has created a cabinet-level Indian
affairs department to address relations between the state and
Indian nations, tribes and pueblos located within the state;
and
WHEREAS, since 1895, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has had
approximately one hundred ten thousand acres of its reservation
lands located within the state; and
WHEREAS, the Ute Mountain Ute tribal lands within the
state are used for traditional purposes and resource
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development, including grazing and oil and gas extraction; and
WHEREAS, many members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe live
and work in the state; and
WHEREAS, the Ute Mountain Ute tribal council passed a
resolution on July 5, 2005, requesting the state to formally
recognize the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; and
WHEREAS, the state does not currently have a formal method
of recognizing any Indian nations, tribes and pueblos located
within the state;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the office of the attorney general and
the Indian affairs department be requested to investigate the
potential impact to the state of formal recognition of Indian
nations, tribes and pueblos located within the state and
alternative methods by which the state may formally recognize
Indian nations, tribes and pueblos located within the state;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the office of the attorney
general and the Indian affairs department be requested to
report their findings and recommendations no later than October
1, 2007 to the appropriate interim committees of the
legislature; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
transmitted to the New Mexico attorney general, the secretary
of Indian affairs, the president of the Navajo Nation, the
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president of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, the president of the
Mescalero Apache Tribe, the chair of the Ute Mountain Ute
Tribe, the governors of the nineteen Indian pueblos and the
chair of the all Indian pueblo council.
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