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Panel, tribal leaders back bill creating state process for retrocession of Public Law 280 jurisdiction
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Senate Bill 1011 would create a statutory process in Oregon for federally recognized tribes to request retrocession of jurisdiction that the state assumed under Public Law 280, sponsors and tribal leaders told the Senate committee on March 6.
Senate Bill 1011 would provide a statutory process in Oregon for federally recognized tribes to request retrocession of jurisdiction that the state assumed under Public Law 280, sponsor Sen. Anthony Broadman told the Senate Committee on Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs on March 6.
Broadman said Public Law 280, enacted in 1953 during the termination era, transferred certain criminal and civil jurisdiction on some reservations to states; Congress amended the law in 1968 to allow states to…
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