| Resolution Number: | 1988-C009 |
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| Title: | Request the Presiding Bishop to Appoint a Panel on the Sioux Nation |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 69th General Convention, pursuant to action of the 1985 General Convention in its Resolution 1985-B007a, request the Presiding Bishop to appoint a panel of Diocesan Chancellors, industrialists, educators and health care professionals to assist the Great Sioux Nation through his Blue Ribbon Task Force on Indian Affairs in the recovery of lost treaty rights and in meeting the needs of education, jobs, and health services for all Native Americans, in all forums, local, state, and national, both public and private.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 274. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(C009)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 69th General Convention, pursuant to action of the 1985 General Convention in its Resolution B-007A, request the Presiding Bishop to appoint a panel of Diocesan Chancellors to assist the Great Sioux Nation through his Blue Ribbon Task Force on Indian Affairs in the recovery of lost treaty rights and in meeting the needs of education, jobs, and health services for all native Americans, in all forums, local, state, and national, both public and private.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Following the words "Diocesan Chancellors":
add the words "industrialists, educators and health care professionals"
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #185)
House of Bishops
The Committee on National and International Affairs [sic] presented its Report #23 on House of Deputies Message #185 on Resolution C009a (Sioux Nation Treaty Rights) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #301)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 9.
| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention requests the Presiding Bishop to appoint of a panel to assist the Great Sioux Nation in the recovery of lost treaty rights and in meeting the needs of all Native Americans. |
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