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Indian commission violated Tennessee Open Meetings Act
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Thursday, 02 September 2010
Indian commission violated Tennessee Open Meetings Act
By Nicole Young
THE TENNESSEAN
September 2, 2010


In a settlement expected today, the state attorney general will admit that the now-defunct Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs violated the state Open Meetings Act in failing to give public notice for its June 19 meeting.

The agreement, expected in Davidson County Chancery Court, will strip six Indian groups of their state recognition as Indian Tribes, said Bob Tuke, a Nashville attorney who represented plaintiff Mark Greene in the case.

The recognition brings with it federal money, minority status and new opportunities for individual members.

"We believe these groups don't meet the requirements of being a tribe, but we don't deny that they are Indian," Greene said Wednesday. "We were blindsided. We had notice that the meeting was going to happen, but we didn't know what was going on during the meeting.

"It was obviously all worked out."
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