RES-2002-011 Resolution Congratulating and Celebrating the Ocaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation on Recognition by the State of N C

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~ ~s-Boaz.-cry I 2- ' I _ ~j - 2 v 0 Z- ~b ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Resolution Congratulating and Celebrating the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation on Recognition by the State of-North Carolina WHEREAS, members of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation moved south from Virginia in the late 1600s into what is now known as Hillsborough, and after the tribe returned north, some members returned back to the Hillsborough area in the middle of the 18th century; and, WHEREAS, members of the tribe, in 1985, began researching and working on an application for recognition by the State of North Carolina; and, WHEREAS; the tribe formally submitted its application to the North Carolina Commission for Indian Affairs (NCIA) in 1990, but was denied and then twice again applied for recognition, but further failed to receive approval; and, WHEREAS, a lengthy court process ensued between the #ribe and the NCIA that ultimately returned the matter to Orange County Superior Court, with Superior Court Judge Wade Barber issuing an order in early February, 2002 granting the Occaneechi official state recognition; and, WHEREAS, after diligently working for nearly two decades to obtain recognition from the State of North Carolina, the Occaneechi tribe has finally been successful and achieved the recognition it so greatly deserved: NOW THEREFORE, We, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby congratulate the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation on its recognition by the State of North Carolina and do hereby celebrate with the Occaneechi this recognition and the hard work, perseverance, and dedication which led to it. This the 19th day of February, 2002. Barry Jacobs, Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners Beverly Blythe, Clerk to the Board