Menominee Termination and Restoration Act of 1973, 1973-07-23

Item — Box: 67, Folder: 8

Identifier: CAC_CC_009_2_67_8_0001

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Menominee Termination and Restoration Act of 1973

The Menominee Termination Act of 1954 ended federal jurisdiction over the 3,270-member Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin, transferred their 234,000 acres of trust lands to a tribal-owned corporation and authorized the Secretary of Interior to make a $1,500 per capita distribution of tribal trust funds. The state legislature then created a new county (Menominee County) out of the former reservation. Despite special federal grant and loan assistance since then, the county and tribal corporation are on the verge of bank- Bankruptcy and the tribe has petitioned for a restoration to its former status.

The bill will: 1. Restore the Menominee as a federally recognized sovereign Indian tribe; 2. Restore federal services available to all recognized tribes; 3. Place in trust all lands now held by the tribal-owned corporation, and