Full Text of HJR0112 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois counts within its | 3 | | extraordinary history the American Indians, including the | 4 | | Vinyard Indian Settlement of Shawnee Indians (Vinyard Indian | 5 | | Settlement), who inhabited the lands that would become Illinois | 6 | | since time immemorial; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Vinyard Indian Settlement, formerly known as | 8 | | part of Chief Sedowii's (Setteedown) Shawnees, is a political | 9 | | successor to the signatories of treaties between colonial and | 10 | | tribal entities under which large areas of land in the states | 11 | | of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois were ceded to the United States; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Vinyard Indian Settlement | 14 | | continue to live in the State of Illinois, as their ancestors | 15 | | have since time immemorial, before colonial records were kept | 16 | | and after the removal of many tribal members to the Oklahoma | 17 | | Indian Territory; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Vinyard Indian Settlement has continued to | 19 | | exist as a separate and distinct community as recorded in oral | 20 | | history and in Colonel William M. Cockrum's 1907 "Pioneer | 21 | | History of Indiana", in which he records the Wabash and Ohio | 22 | | River Shawnee community areas
near Shawneetown 1807-1811; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ancestral homelands of the Vinyard Indian | 2 | | Settlement significantly stretch from Saline Landing on the | 3 | | Ohio River south to Cave-In-Rock, including the bluff areas | 4 | | along the Ohio River and in a line northwest to the Eagle | 5 | | Mountains, including the Garden of the Gods; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Many of our rivers, streams, forests, trails, | 7 | | islands, towns, and landmarks bear important cultural ties to | 8 | | the Shawnee people; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Vinyard Indian Settlement members currently | 10 | | reside in Hardin, Gallatin, Saline, White, and Pope Counties | 11 | | and hold numerous cultural ceremonies throughout the year; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Shawnee people have, through their cultural | 13 | | heritage, historical influence, and participation in public | 14 | | life, helped to make the State of Illinois the great state that | 15 | | it is today and have contributed to the prosperity and freedom | 16 | | of our country; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Formal recognition will support the Vinyard | 18 | | Indian Settlement's efforts to provide for the well-being of | 19 | | its members and the surrounding communities; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we recognize the Vinyard Indian | 3 | | Settlement of Shawnee Indians as an Indian tribe; and be it | 4 | | further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Vinyard Indian Settlement of | 6 | | Shawnee Indians and its members be accorded all the rights and | 7 | | privileges that come with being recognized as an Indian tribe; | 8 | | and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That this resolution should not be interpreted as | 10 | | creating any specific rights to land, entitlements, or any | 11 | | special privileges related to gaming.
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