A push from retiring Sen. Richard Shelby could be a key factor in allowing the MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians to become the second Alabama tribe to gain federal recognition, but some are opposed to the move. 'Don’t give up yet,” Shelby said last month. ➡️
Shelby’s role could, they say, be a key factor allowing the MOWA tribe to become the second in Alabama – aside from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians – to gain federal recognition.
“Our primary concern is the must-pass bills that Congress is considering in the lame-duck session,” said Richard French, chairman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council and among the tribal leaderssounding alarms over what they say is a process that will establish “dangerous precedence” leading to a rash of congressional approvals of federal sovereignty applications.
“Neither group has demonstrated that their members are even of native ancestry, let alone meet the standards to qualify as a historical sovereign tribal government,” French said. “All we are saying is follow the process.”The MOWA band of Choctaw Indians performing at a cultural event at Calcedeaver Elementary in Mount Vernon.
A long federal legal process then ensued and was capped in 2008, when Chief U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade ruled the tribe waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s ruling.authorities seized 50 electronic bingo machines from a gambling hall at the MOWA’s North Mobile County reservation
French said that gaming interests “isn’t relevant to the 141 tribes” opposing the MOWA and Lumbee efforts.
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