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OCR Page 1 of 58Beth Nolan
12/15/2000 11:14:30 AM
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Mary L. Smith/WHO/EOP@EOP
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Subject: plans for an EO?
Please call me.
- Forwarded by Beth Nolan/WHO/EOP on 12/15/2000 11:14 AM
Jenni R. Engebretsen
12/15/2000 11:12:02 AM
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Richard L. Siewert/WHO/EOP@EOP
Subject: plans for an EO?
^BC-CT--Blumenthal-Clinton, 1st Ld-Writethru,5
^Attorney General asks president if he plans to recognize tribes
^Eds: SUBS 9th graf to CLARIFY that Dodd staff spoke to Cutler's staff, not to Cutler.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is trying to find out
whether there is truth to rumors that President Clinton plans to approve federal recognition for 10 Indian
tribes nationwide, including three in Connecticut.
Blumenthal recently wrote to one of Clinton's lawyers, asking if the president plans to issue an
executive order recognizing the tribes.
Blumenthal warned the White House lawyer, Beth Nolan, that such an order would raise
constitutional issues and could result in legal challenges.
Officials in Congress and the Clinton Administration have told Blumenthal that Clinton, whose
term ends next month, expects to approve recognition for the tribes, The Day of New London reported
Friday.
"We've heard it from a variety of sources, none of it first-hand," Blumenthal said. "We have
discounted these reports for some time, but they have been so persistent we felt it was necessary to take
some action."
The tribes on Clinton's list reportedly include the Golden Hill Paugusetts in Trumbull and
Colchester, and the Eastern Pequots and Paucatuck Eastern Pequots in North Stonington.
White House press officials did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Marvin Fast, a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Connecticut, said that Dodd also
had heard the rumors.
But staffers for Lynn Cutler, Clinton's adviser on Indian affairs, told Dodd's staff that the
president was not considering an executive order, Fast said.
U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, R-4th District, said he supported Blumenthal's inquiry. He added