[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 90 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


INTRODUCTION OF RECOGNITION OF THE KING SALMON TRADITIONAL VILLAGE AND 
                      THE SHOONAQ' TRIBE OF KODIAK

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 2000

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce 
legislation which will provide for the recognition of the King Salmon 
Traditional Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak, Alaska. For the 
past twenty years these two villages have worked with the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and the Department of the Interior to seek tribal 
recognition. They have gone through the process at the Department of 
the Interior and it is now time to grant them recognition.
  I have two other villages going through the recognition process at 
the Department of the Interior, and if at time of mark-up of this bill 
they have addressed the concerns of the Department, we may include the 
two other villages from Alaska in this bill.

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