Saponi Nation, Nansemond, and affiliated Tribes 
that inhabited the Piedmont and coastal regions of 
what are now Virginia and North Carolina. 
(2) ‘‘Haliwa’’ is a geographical designation that 
is derived from the physical location of the Tribe, 
which is primarily in Halifax and Warren Counties, 
North Carolina. 
(3) After the American Revolution (1775– 
1783), the Tribe’s ancestors merged together for 
mutual protection and survival in Halifax, Warren, 
Nash, and Franklin Counties, in an area known as 
‘‘The Meadows’’. 
(4) Among the surrounding communities, the 
Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe has often been referred 
to as the ‘‘Meadows Indians’’. 
(5) In 1889, Warren County, North Carolina 
resident G.B. Alston wrote to the Smithsonian Insti-
tution anthropologist James Mooney and confirmed 
the residence of a Tribe of 300–600 Indians in the 
Meadows in Halifax and Warren Counties. 
(6) The Tribe has continually existed as a sepa-
rate community, with leaders exhibiting clear polit-
ical authority. 
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(7) Since 1957, the State of North Carolina has 
had continuous dealings with the recognized political 
leaders of the Haliwa Saponi. 
(8) In 1957, the Tribe opened the Haliwa In-
dian School for Haliwa Saponi children. 
(9) Between 1960 and 1963, students from the 
Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe attended Bacone Col-
lege for Indians in Muscogee, Oklahoma. 
(10) In 1965, the Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe 
won a lawsuit against the North Carolina Division 
of Vital Statistics to correct the race of Haliwa 
Saponi citizens on official records to read ‘‘Indian’’. 
(11) In 1965, the State of North Carolina took 
formal legislative action recognizing the Haliwa 
Saponi Indian Tribe. 
(12) The United States has been providing 
Federal funding to the Tribe from the Department 
of Education’s Office of Indian Education for half a 
century. 
(13) The United States has been providing 
Federal funding to the Tribe for housing and related 
infrastructure development from the United States 
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
pursuant to the Federal Native American Housing 
and Self-Determination Act for more than 25 years. 
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(14) In 2000, the Tribe opened the Haliwa 
Saponi Tribal School, a charter school under the 
State of North Carolina, at the location of the origi-
nal Haliwa Indian School, and the school has re-
ceived Federal funds from the United States Depart-
ment of Education, Office of Indian Education, for 
Haliwa Saponi Indian students. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MEMBER.—The term ‘‘Member’’ means a 
member of the Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe of North 
Carolina. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe of North Carolina. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT-TO- 
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. 
The United States hereby extends to the Haliwa 
Saponi Indian Tribe the full measure of the Federal Gov-
ernment-to-government relationship to make all laws (in-
cluding regulations) of the United States of general appli-
cability to Indians or nations, Indian Tribes, or bands of 
Indians (including the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 
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5101 et seq.)) that are not inconsistent with this Act ap-
plicable to the Tribe and Tribal members. 
SEC. 5. FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe and its members shall 
be eligible for all services and benefits provided by the 
Federal Government to federally recognized Indian Tribes 
without regard to the existence of a reservation for the 
Tribe, including services and benefits under the Act of 19 
June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.). 
(b) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the delivery 
of Federal services and benefits to members, the service 
area of the Tribe shall include Halifax, Warren, Nash, 
Franklin, Vance, and Granville counties in the State of 
North Carolina. 
(c) SERVICE POPULATION.—For purpose of the deliv-
ery of Federal services and benefits described in sub-
section (a), the Tribal roll in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act shall, subject to verification by the Sec-
retary, define the service population of the Tribe. 
(d) ROLL; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.—The member-
ship roll and government documents of the Tribe shall be 
the most recent membership roll and governing docu-
ments, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to the Sec-
retary before the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION TO TAKE LAND INTO TRUST. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary is authorized to take land into trust for the benefit 
of the Tribe and proclaim a reservation for the Tribe pur-
suant to the authorities granted to the Secretary in the 
Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.), and lands 
acquired in trust for the Tribe and included in the first 
reservation proclamation for the Tribe shall be treated as 
an initial reservation that meets the requirements of Pub-
lic Law 100–497, section 20(b)(1)(B)(ii). 
Æ 
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