§ 1041. — Findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1041]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XLIX-A--SHAWNEE TRIBE STATUS
Sec. 1041. Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Cherokee Shawnees, also known as the Loyal Shawnees, are
recognized as the descendants of the Shawnee Tribe which was
incorporated into the Cherokee Nation of Indians of Oklahoma
pursuant to an agreement entered into by and between the Shawnee
Tribe and the Cherokee Nation on June 7, 1869, and approved by the
President on June 9, 1869, in accordance with Article XV of the July
19, 1866, Treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Nation
(14 Stat. 799).
(2) The Shawnee Tribe from and after its incorporation and its
merger with the Cherokee Nation has continued to maintain the
Shawnee Tribe's separate culture, language, religion, and
organization, and a separate membership roll.
(3) The Shawnee Tribe and the Cherokee Nation have concluded
that it is in the best interests of the Shawnee Tribe and the
Cherokee Nation that the Shawnee Tribe be restored to its position
as a separate federally recognized Indian tribe and all current and
historical responsibilities, jurisdiction, and sovereignty as it
relates to the Shawnee Tribe, the Cherokee-Shawnee people, and their
properties everywhere, provided that civil and criminal jurisdiction
over Shawnee individually owned restricted and trust lands, Shawnee
tribal trust lands, dependent Indian communities, and all other
forms of Indian country within the jurisdictional territory of the
Cherokee Nation and located within the State of Oklahoma shall
remain with the Cherokee Nation, unless consent is obtained by the
Shawnee Tribe from the Cherokee Nation to assume all or any portion
of such jurisdiction.
(4) On August 12, 1996, the Tribal Council of the Cherokee
Nation unanimously adopted Resolution 96-09 supporting the
termination by the Secretary of the Interior of the 1869 Agreement.
(5) On July 23, 1996, the Shawnee Tribal Business Committee
concurred in such resolution.
(6) On March 13, 2000, a second resolution was adopted by the
Tribal Council of the Cherokee Nation (Resolution 15-00) supporting
the submission of this legislation to Congress for enactment.
(Pub. L. 106-568, title VII, Sec. 702, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2913.)
Short Title of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106-568, title VII, Sec. 701, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2913,
provided that: ``This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as
the `Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000'.''
