I was researching whether or not a tribal recognition had been reversed when I came upon the case of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation in Connecticut. I found Bill H.R. 1104 which, " repeal[s] the Federal acknowledgment of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation."
The bill contains research and information that was created by the Bureau of Indian Affairs which, disputes the decisions to recognize the tribe that they themselves made; it also contains the subsequent research that led to the Bill's reversal because as representative Nancy Johnson stated, "its [an] erroneous and unlawful decision to acknowledge the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Kent. Simply put, it was made by ignoring evidence, manipulating federal regulations and overturning precedent."
The document from where I took Nancy Johnson's quote is an appeal to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to revise the recognition process in order to make it "fair". An example she uses is the Schaghticoke case where she further states that, "a strategy was outlined for BIA officials to overturn existing agency precedent and ignore federal regulations in order to find in the Schaghticoke’s favor."
She also writes, "the BIA used an unprecedented methodology and made material mathematical errors is calculating tribal marriage rates. Without these mistakes, the Schaghticoke petition would not have satisfied key criteria and would not have been recognized."
Bill H.R. 1104
http://indian.senate.gov/2005hrgs/051105hrg/Johnson.pdf
Nancy Johnson before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
http://indian.senate.gov/2005hrgs/051105hrg/Johnson.pdf
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You are a predatory piece of garbage. If you truly did “research” you would have found the same corruption that we did. Nancy Johnson was and is a racist with her “bill to do Connecticut’s Ethnic Cleansing”. Connecticut Politicians along with the lobbying group Barbour, Griffith & Rogers further corrupted the BIA process with undue political influence. Judge Dorsey allowed himself to be politically influenced, he wrote CT’s Governor Rell back telling her what he was going to do in the case.
The Senate on Indian Affairs Committee was rigged with witnesses spreading their lies and hate. Senator John McCain worked with the lobbyists BGR to further corrupt the tainted reversal.
Abramoff took money from Tribes and BGR’s political influence stole the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation’s Federal Recognition. Competing Tribes were vicious. What price tag do you put on the Schaghticokes education, housing, healthcare, and economic development being stolen by political influence? Earl Devaney where is Schaghticoke JUSTICE?
One day before the Schaghticokes Positive Determination in their 25 year quest for Federal Acknowledgement an internal email from Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell's staff dated January 28, 2004 in which they write "However, other folks working on the issue who have spoken to BIA have told us in the last week they are concerned that BIA may grant recognition anyway based on the argument made by the petitioners that there are two ways to look at the continuity issue and under the second way they could conceivably meet the test."
January 14, 2005 Loren Monroe (BGR) to Julie Williams (Governor Rell's-DC staffer)
"Our role will be to coordinate and enhance local, state, and federal political as well as legislative efforts, in tandem with legal strategies, to convince BIA/Interior to reject the petition. Is that what you need?"
The republican lobbying firm, with ties to the White House, and Henry Kissinger who lives in Kent near the Tribes reservation.
Why did Nancy Johnson have a party for BGR on September 12, 2006? One month before the Tribes politically influenced reversal. What did Johnson and BGR know that the Tribe didn't?
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