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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 360 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Russell |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR0360 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 004186 |
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| 10 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | A RESOLUTION to honor the efforts of the Eastern Band of |
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| 14 | 14 | | Cherokee Indians to reclaim their ancestral |
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| 15 | 15 | | lands in Monroe County. |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, H.R. 226, a bill that seeks to return historical sites in Monroe County to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on February 4, |
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| 19 | 19 | | 2025; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, H.R. 226 places four parcels of specified land and easements in Monroe |
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| 21 | 21 | | County into a trust for the use and benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, the parcels of land include the acreage on which the Sequoyah Birthplace |
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| 23 | 23 | | Museum is located, a twelve-acre support parcel, a one-acre island, and Chota, the original |
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| 24 | 24 | | Overhill capital town of the Cherokees; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has a rich history in East Tennessee, |
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| 26 | 26 | | and we are pleased to commend the efforts of the Cherokee people to reclaim their historical |
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| 27 | 27 | | lands in Monroe County; now, therefore, |
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| 28 | 28 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED |
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| 29 | 29 | | FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | CONCURRING, that we commend the efforts of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to |
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| 31 | 31 | | regain their cultural and historical lands in Monroe County. |
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| 32 | 32 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 33 | 33 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 34 | 34 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 35 | 35 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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