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Sponsor says Chickamauga group should pursue separate recognition process while HB 43 advances
Summary
The bill sponsor asked the committee to pass HB 43 to respect currently recognized tribes' requests for address updates and separately shepherd the group calling itself the Chickamauga through the established recognition process.
During presentation of HB 43, the sponsor acknowledged ongoing disputes among tribal groups and said the committee should both respect the wishes of currently recognized tribes and allow other groups to pursue recognition through established procedures.
The sponsor said the group now calling itself the Chickamauga "be put in process of being recognized as 0.25 sick recognized tribe" and said prior recommendations had suggested a similar step. The phrasing in the transcript is unclear at one point; the sponsor's explicit point was that the Chickamauga should follow the separate state recognition process rather than having the address-update bill subsume that work.
The sponsor said inter-group conferring had continued since the last committee hearing and thanked Representative Will Wade for work speaking with the groups involved. The committee did not record debate or votes specific to recognition at this meeting; the sponsor urged the committee to pass HB 43 while recognition questions proceed through their own channels.
