US-R-Ar-1996-68 Guide to the Rhode Island Commission for Indian Affairs records 1977-1986 Finding aid prepared by Kate Telford. Rhode Island State Archives 2009 March 18
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 Rhode Island Commission for Indian Affairs Rhode Island Commission for Indian Affairs records 1977-1986 Commission for Indian Affairs (Rhode Island) records 3.6 cubic feet other The Rhode Island Commission for Indian Affairs records contains information on the commission's efforts to investigate problems common to persons of American Indian heritage in Rhode Island. 1996-68 Historical note

The Rhode Island Commission for Indian Affairs was created per Executive Order No. 39, December 7, 1976 within the Department of Community Affairs. Per Public Law 1985 Chapter 181 the Department of Community Affairs was disbanded and the Commission for Indian Affairs came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services. The Commission disbanded as of July 1, 1987, but was officially abolished in 1995 per the Governor’s Executive Order (95-8) Abolition of Certain Executive Boards and Commissions. The Commission's purpose was to investigate problems common to persons of American Indian heritage who are residents of this State, both urban and rural. The Commission also provided assistance to Indian organizations and individuals in their dealings with agencies of federal, state, and local government and gaining access to social services, education, employment opportunities, health, housing, civil rights, and other services and programs and their funding.

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Rhode Island Commission for Indian Affairs records, 1996-68, Rhode Island State Archives.

The records of the Commission are primarily arranged by subject and include correspondence, annual reports, by-laws, meeting minutes, reference files, and documentation on activities with various federal and state agencies including The Bureau of Indian Affairs, The Rhode Island Indian Council (proposals and grants), and The Narragansett Tribe (needs assessment questionnaires, land claim settlement). Other records relate to various projects including the Narragansett Tribal Education Project, the South County Project, and the establishment of the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum.

Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject. Items are arranged into the following series: Series 1. Subject Files, 1977-1986

Administrative information

Transferred from Rhode Island Commission for Indian Affairs in 1996.

 Names Rhode Island. Coastal Resources Management Council Connecticut Indian Affairs Council Council of Energy Resource Tribes Governors' Interstate Indian Council National Tribal Chairmen's Association National Congress of American Indians Nebraska Indian Commission New Mexico. Indian Affairs, Office of North American Indian Museums Association North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission Rhode Island Indian Cooperative Rhode Island Indian Council Roger Williams Park Museum

Subjects Indian Education Act/Resource and Evaluation Center II Narragansett Indians Narragansett Indians--Government relations. Narragansett Indians--Rhode Island--Social life and customs. Native Americans

RIAMCO Browsing Terms Government, Politics and Law Types of materials annual reports correspondence memorandums minutes reports

Series 1 1-3 Subject Files1977-1986 1 1 Acts (Local and Private Nature; Acts of Incorporation: United Electric Power Company1926 1 2 Agendas, Commission Meetings1977-1981 1 3 Agendas, Commission Meetings1982 1 4 Agendas, Commission Meetings1983 1 5 Agriculture, Department of, (Native American Programs)1977-1978 1 6 American Friends Service Committee: FY 1980, Budget Requests for Indians1979-1980 1 7Annual Report1977 1 8Annual Report1978 1 9Annual Report1979 1 10Annual Report1980 1 11Annual Report1981 1 12Annual Report1982 1 13Annual Report1984 1 14Apache Liquor Ordinances: Federal Register, Department of the Interiorundated 1 15Archaeological Dig, Massachusetts Public Laws: Ch. 713, An Act Relative to the Interment of Certain Persons; Chapter 659, An Act Relative to Certain Skeletal Remains1983 1 16Block Grant information: Health and Human Services1982 1 17Block Grant information: Memorandum1981 1 18Bureau of Indian Affairsundated 1 19By-Laws, Commission1976 and 1978 1 20 By-Laws, Commission (Model Form)undated 1 21 By-Laws and Executive Order, Commission1976-1978, 1983 1 22 Canada: Rights of North American Indians born in Canada1978 1 23 Census data: Narragansetts1774

Tribal List, 1881, Report of Commission on Narragansett Indians; Superior Court, C.A. No. 80-227, Narragansett Tribe of Indians, Narragansett Tribal Education Project, Inc., Rosalind Shumate, Harold Champlin, Harry M. Johnson Sr., Mark F. Dove, Roland C. Mars, Ferris B. Dove vs. Eric Thomas, Walter K. Babcock, George Herbert Hopkins, Ethel "Sis" Brown, Nancy Padrone, Helen Stanton, Hiawatha Brown, Keith Brown, Ella Thomas/Sekatau, and Mary Stanton Brown; Subject Report American Indians of New England Region by county, American Indian Census and Statistical Data Project, by Jim Red Corn, 1970 census Coastal Resources Management Council: Notice, 1985, Ninigret Pond project

1 24 Coastal Resources Management Council: Notice, 1985, Ninigret Pond project1985 1 25 Colorado Commissionundated 1 26 Commission Achievements1983 1 27 Commission Achievements: Correspondence1976-1978 1 28 Commission Achievements: Correspondence1979-1980 1 29 Commission Achievements: Correspondence1981-1982 1 30 Commission Achievements: Correspondence1983-1984 1 31 Commission Consultant Workshops, Paula D. Jennings1981 1 32 Commission Profiles, Commissioner Work Book1980 1 33 Commission - State Indian List1981 1 34 Commissioners - Correspondence1981-1982 1 35 Commissioners, Miscellaneous: List of Commissioners, term expiration; corres., executive orders1976 1 36 Community Affairs1982 1 37 Community Relations Task Force/Gerontology1980 1 38 Connecticut Indian Affairs Council1978-1983 1 39 Council of Energy Resource Tribes, CERT1981 1 40 CSA Tribes: Constitution and By-Laws of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians as amended July, 19811981 1 41 "Definition of an Indian"1980 1 42 Director's Memos -Nancy V. Bordeleau file1985-1986 1 43 Director's Memos - Paulla D. Jennings1982 1 44 Education, Department of1981-1984 1 45 Eight Northern Pueblos Employment Assistance Contract1977 1 46 Emergency Energy Assistance Program1979-1982 1 47 Energy1981-1982 1 48 Energy Assistance Program- Preliminary Draft1981 1 49 Environmental Management, Dept. ofundated 1 50 Executive Order No. 39, 1976; Correspondence1981 1 51 Federal Agency Review: United Sates Department of Agriculture Report1981 1 52 Federal Agriculture/Agencies1978-1981 1 53 Federal Indian Services; Policy Resolution # 1,Treaties and Trust Responsibilities1976 1 54 Federal Regional Council of New England, Executive Order, Goals, OBJundated 1 55 Federal Regional Council of New England, Indian Task Force1981-1982 1 56 Federal Regional Council of New England, Indian Task Force1983 1 57 Film Collaborative/Dennis Mahoney1982 1 58 Fiscal Reports, Tribal and Council, Rhode Island Indian Council, Inc.1979-1980 1 59 Genealogy, Individual History Chart: Paula Dove Jennings (Completed Forms)1979 1 60 General Laws (Title 28, Ch. 294, 1909 and Ch. 250) relating to Indian Meeting House 1 61 Governor's Office1978-1982 2 1 Governors' Interstate Indian Council (GIIC)1976-1981 2 2 Grant Application Requests, Funds for Longhouse Completion1977 2 3 Hazard School - Black and N. American Cultures/Carol Grandin1982 2 4 Home Energy Assistance Program, Preliminary Draft1981-1982 2 5 Housing and Urban Development, Dept. of1979-1980 2 6 Hunting and Fishing Legislation (Montana et. al., vs. United States et at)1981 2 7 Indian Child Welfare Act-(National Indian Child Conference)undated 2 8 Indian Economic Developmentundated 2 9 Indian Education Actundated 2 10 Indian Federal Food Programsundated 2 11 Indian Health Serviceundated 2 12 Indian Housingundated 2 13 Indian Religious Freedom Act/Grave Sitesundated 2 14 Indian Testimony - Select Committee on Indian Affairs - relating to Indian Council)undated 2 15 Indian Water Rightsundated 2 16 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - pertaining to Narragansett Tribal Education Project Inc.undated 2 17 Jojola, Stephen, resident of Isleta Pueblo Reservation, New Mexico, file of1981 2 18 Kingstown Village - Historic Districtundated 2 19 Maine - Department of Indian Affairsundated 2 20 Maryland Commission on Indian Affairsundated 2 21 Mashpee-Wampanoag Indian Tribal Councilundated 2 22 Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairsundated 2 23 Media Project Grant - Harold Champlinundated 2 24 Michigan Indian Affairs Commissionundated 2 25 Monthly Reports, Commission for Indian Affairs1977-1980 2 26 Monthly Reports, Commission for Indian Affairs1981-1982 2 27 Monthly Reports, Commission for Indian Affairs1983 2 28 Narragansett - Land Claim - Correspondenceundated 2 29 Narragansett - list of events and council member listsundated 2 30 Narragansett - Membership Roll1979 2 31 Narragansett - Tribal Recognition1983 2 32 Narragansett - Tribal Listundated 2 33 Narragansett By-Lawsundated 2 34 Narragansett Concerned Citizens Committeeundated 2 35 Narragansett Electric Company - Archeological - Cooperative Agreementundated 2 36-37 Narragansett Land Claimundated 2 38 Narragansett Land Claim- Correspondenceundated 2 39 Narragansett Land Management Corporationundated 2 40 Narragansett Tribal Councilundated 2 41 Narragansett Tribal Council Membership Roll - Mailing Listsundated 2 42 Narragansett Tribal Council [Annual] August Meeting Materials1980 2 43 Narragansett Tribal Council-Senate Resolutions, Petition for Federal Recognition and Biennial Reportundated 2 44 Narragansett Tribal Education Project Inc.undated 2 45 Narragansett Tribal Education Project Inc. - Proposalsundated 2 46 Narragansett Tribal Education Project Inc. - Correspondenceundated 2 47 Narragansett Tribalal Legislationundated 2 48 Narragansett Tribe - Federal Acknowledgement1983 2 49 Narragansett Tribe - HEAP1983-1984 2 50 Narragansett Tribe - Longhouse Proposal - "Top"undated 2 51 National Congress of American Indians Convention - American Indians and Alaska Nativesundated 2 52 National Tribal Chairmen's Association - Denver Instituteundated 2 53 Native American Equal Opportunity Actundated 2 54 Native American Programs1982 3 1 Nebraska Indian Affairsundated 3 2 New England Power (Nuclear Plant) - Correspondenceundated 3 3 New Mexico Indian Affairs Officeundated 3 4 North American Indian Museums Association (NAIMA)undated 3 5 North Carolina Indian Affairs Commissionundated 3 6 North Dakota Indian Affairs Commissionundated 3 7 Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission (OIAC)undated 3 8 Personnel Records - Statement of Dutiesundated 3 9 Procurement Under Buy Indian Act: Federal Register and Public Law 95 - 608, An act to Establish Standards for the placement of Indian children in foster or adoptive homes, to prevent the breakup of Indian families, and for other purposes1978 3 10 Public Parks (Department of) - Correspondenceundated 3 11 Reference Listing of New England Indian Representatives1983 3 12 Revenue Sharing, Office of (U.S.Treasury Department)undated 3 13 Rhode Island Block Grants1981-1982 3 14 Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commissionundated 3 15 Rhode Island Indian Cooperative (RIIC) and Weatherization Program1982 3 16 Rhode Island Indian Cooperative (RIIC)undated 3 17 Rhode Island Indian Cooperative Inc. Firewood Projectundated 3 18 Rhode Island Indian Council - Community Development Corporation (CDC)undated 3 19 Rhode Island Indian Council - Correspondence relative to grant monies and wood projectundated 3 20 Rhode Island Indian Council - Grantsundated 3 21 Rhode Island Indian Council Inc.undated 3 22 Rhode Island Indian Council Inc. - (Indian Deaths in Rhode Island Report)1968/1978 3 23 Rhode Island Indian Council Inc. Cooperative - Corporation Papers and By-Lawsundated 3 24 Rhode Island Indian Council Inc. Cooperative - Correspondenceundated 3 25 Rhode Island Indian Council Proposals1983 3 26 Rhode Island Indian Council Proposals1982 3 27 Rhode Island Indian Council, Inc. (Wood Co-op Mailing List)undated 3 28 Rhode Island Indian Council, Inc. Emergency Crisis Intervention Programundated 3 29 Rhode Island Legislationundated 3 30 Roger Williams Park - NEH Self Study Planning Grant - Narrative Report of Accomplishment1983 3 31 Roger Williams Park Museumundated 3 32 Roger Williams Park Museum - Correspondenceundated 3 33 South County Project - Correspondenceundated 3 34 South County Project - Semi Annual Performance Report, Folklife Project, Draft Proposal to NEHundated 3 35 South County Project Grant - Narrative Report of Accomplishment1983 3 36 State Boards and Commissions (Biographical Information)undated 3 37 State Indian Commisions, Governors' Representatives and/or contact persons in Indian Affairsundated 3 38 Tomaquag Indian Museum - Proposal1986 3 39 United States Senate - Committee on Indian Affairs - bill copiesundated 3 40 University of Rhode Island PowWow - programs, meeting minutes, correspondence1981 3 41 University of Rhode Island PowWow - programs,correspondence, newsletters, financial rpt (copy)1980 3 42 Utilities - Narragansett Electric - Indian Burial Sitesundated 3 43 Workshop Meeting for Indian Commissioners - Outline and notes1980