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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 812H.P. 519 House of Representatives, March 4, 2025
An Act to Provide State Recognition of the Kineo St. John Tribe
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 27, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Judiciary pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative POIRIER of Skowhegan.
Cosponsored by Representatives: BOYER of Poland, MORRIS of Turner, PERKINS of
Dover-Foxcroft, RUDNICKI of Fairfield. Page 1 - 132LR1310(01)
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7 American tribe.
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9 construed to create, extend or form the basis of any right or claim to land or real estate in
10 the State or any right to conduct gambling activities prohibited by law. The Kineo St. John
11 Tribe and the individual members of the tribe remain subject to all the laws of the State.
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13 This bill provides for state recognition of the Kineo St. John Tribe as a Native
14 American tribe. Recognition does not create, extend or form the basis of any right or claim
15 to land or real estate in the State or any right to conduct gambling activities prohibited by
16 law. The Kineo St. John Tribe and the individual members of the tribe remain subject to
17 all the laws of the State.
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