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 PUBLIC LAW 101-41 —JUNE 21, 1989 103 STAT. 83 Public Law 101-41 101st Congress An Act To provide for the settlement of land claims, and the resolution of certain issues of governmental jurisdiction, of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in the State of Wash- ington, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settle- ment Act of 1989". SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds and declares that: (1) It is the policy of the United States to promote tribal self- determination and economic self-sufficiency and to support the resolution of disputes over historical claims through settlements mutually agreed to by Indian and non-Indian parties. (2) Disputes over certain land claims of the Puyallup Tribe and other matters, including— (A) ownership of the Commencement Bay tidelands and areas of former Puyallup Riverbed, lands within the Puy- allup Tribe's Treaty Reservation, or intended reservation J boundaries, (B) railroad and other rights-of-way, (C) control of fisheries resource and habitat, (D) jurisdiction over law enforcement, environment, navigation, and authority and control in the areas of land use, (E) business regulation and zoning, have resulted in difficult community relations and negative economic impacts affecting both the Tribe and non-Indian parties. (3) Some of the significant historical events that led to the present circumstances include— (A) the negotiation of the Treaty of Medicine Creek in December 1854, by the Puyallup Indians and others, by \k which the tribes ceded most of their territories but reserved certain lands and rights, including fishing rights; (B) the Executive Order of 1857 creating the Puyallup Indian Reservation; (C) the Executive Order of 1873, clarifying and extending the Puyallup Reservation in the Washington Territory; (D) the March 11, 1891, Report of the Puyallup Indian Commission on allotments and the 1896 report by a second Puyallup Indian Commission describing the problems with sales of allotted lands; and (E) the 1909 District Court for Tacoma decision of the United States of America against J.M. Ashton and the 1910 June 21, 1989 [H.R. 932] Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989. 25 USC 1773 note. 25 USC 1773 note. "••%,' • .. srw;

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