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Tribe one step closer to regaining lands in Tennessee

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is now one step closer to regaining 76 acres, containing several historic sites, in eastern Tennessee.  The Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday, April 16 by a roll call vote of 383-2. 

Senate bills would expand tribal jurisdiction

Language in a bill currently going through the Senate states, “Congress finds that American Indian children and Alaska Native children experience PTSD at a rate of 22 percent, which is the same rate at which Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans experience PTSD.”  Several bills have been introduced during this Congress to help combat that staggering rate and, at the same time, increase tribal jurisdiction in several other areas.    

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