A resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Tribe and their representatives shall have a cause of action for monetary damages only for alleged violation of the 1790 Indian Non-Intercourse Act and that no cause of action for the return of aboriginal lands in the State of Maine shall lie.

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Expresses the sense of Congress that no action by or on behalf of the Joint Tribal Council for the Passamaquoddy or the Penobscot Tribe of the State of Maine shall lie for return of aboriginal lands, based on alleged violation of the 1790 Indian Non-Intercourse Act, and no defect in land title in the State of Maine based upon such claims shall be recognized in any court of law. Stipulates that pending or future causes of action for monetary damages arising out of such land claims are unaffected by this resolution.

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  summary · EN · 1 October 1976

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