HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2237        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 529

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jack Patrick Lewis

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to celebrating and teaching Native American culture and history.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/18/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/20/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

1/22/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/26/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/28/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

1/30/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

1/31/2023

Manny Cruz

7th Essex

2/1/2023

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

2/2/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/3/2023

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/3/2023

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

2/3/2023

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/6/2023

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/6/2023

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/6/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/7/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/10/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/12/2023

Jennifer Balinsky Armini

8th Essex

2/12/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/13/2023

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/13/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

2/17/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

3/2/2023

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

3/7/2023

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

3/28/2023

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

3/29/2023

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

4/4/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

4/4/2023

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

5/10/2023

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

6/16/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

6/28/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

7/21/2023

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

7/21/2023

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

8/31/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

10/16/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2237        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 529

By Representative Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 529) of Jack Patrick Lewis and others relative to the teaching of Native American culture and history.  Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to celebrating and teaching Native American culture and history.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

The third paragraph of section 1D of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:- The standards shall provide for instruction in: (i) tribal history and current issues of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, Mashpee Wampanoag and other Wampanoag tribes, the Massachuset, the Nipmuc and other Native American tribes that exist within Massachusetts; (ii) information about tribes and confederacies that have historic ties to Massachusetts, such as the Wabanaki Confederacy; (iii) tribal history of Native Americans throughout the United States; (iv) tribal sovereignty and governance, treaty rights, genocide, Native American cultures, languages and socioeconomic experiences; and (v) ongoing issues common to contemporary Native Americans throughout Massachusetts; provided, that to develop these standards the board shall consult consistently with the special relationship between the Commonwealth and Native Americans as molded by Treaty and Agreement, Legislative Act and Executive Order.