A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the state RECOGNITION of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
"§ 71A‑4.  Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina; rights, privileges, immunities, obligations and duties.
The Indians now living in Bladen and Columbus and adjoining counties of North Carolina, originally found by the first white settlers in the region of the Cape Fear River, Lake Waccamaw, and the Waccamaw Indians, a Siouan Tribe which inhabited the areas surrounding the Waccamaw, Pee Dee, and Lumber Rivers in North and South Carolina, shall, from and after July 20, 1971, be designated and officially recognized as the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina and shall continue to enjoy all their rights, privileges and immunities as an American Indian Tribe with a recognized tribal governing body carrying out and exercising substantial governmental duties and powers similar to the State, being recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.