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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-63 (2026)

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The following terms as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings: “Indian” means a person who is a member of any of the following tribes, Paucatuck Eastern Pequot, Mashantucket Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett and Mohegan; “reservation” means the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot reservation in the town of North Stonington, assigned to the use of the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot tribe; the Golden Hill Paugussett reservations in the towns of Trumbull and Colchester, assigned to the Golden Hill Paugussett tribe; the Schaghticoke reservation in the town of Kent, assigned to the Schaghticoke tribe, and the Mashantucket Pequot reservation in the town of Ledyard, assigned to the Mashantucket Pequot tribe; “tribal funds” means the money held by the state for the use and benefit of a tribe as distinguished from legislative appropriations.

(1961, P.A. 304, S. 1; P.A. 73-660, S. 9, 11; P.A. 81-375, S. 2, 4; P.A. 89-368, S. 22.)

History: P.A. 73-660 redefined “Indian” to list specific tribes, replacing reference to persons of tribes “for whose use any reservation was set out”; P.A. 81-375 amended section to change names of tribes and to add reference to Colchester reservation as of July 1, 1981; P.A. 89-368 made technical changes.

Cited. 180 C. 474. State acquired jurisdiction over crimes committed on the Mashantucket Pequot Indian reservation by enactment of Sec. 1755 of title 25 of the U.S. Code; judgment of Appellate Court in 36 CA 106 reversed. 234 C. 78. Cited. 243 C. 115.

Cited. 22 CA 229; judgment reversed, see 217 C. 612.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1976–2006 · leading case: Schaghticoke Tribal Nation v. Harrison, 826 A.2d 1102 (Conn. 2003).
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Schaghticoke Tribal Nation v. Harrison, 826 A.2d 1102 (Conn. 2003). · cites it 11× “The defendant maintains that, in the present case, the trial court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to hold such an evidentiary hearing or to determine whether the plaintiff is in fact the Schaghticoke tribe *834 referred to in General Statutes § 47-63, because the…”
State v. Sebastian, 701 A.2d 13 (Conn. 1997). · cites it 4× “General Statutes § 47-63 provides: “Definitions.”
State v. Spears, 662 A.2d 80 (Conn. 1995). · cites it 2× “§ 1758 ; and occupies a reservation of land in Ledyard pursuant to General Statutes § 47-63. The reservation is, therefore, Indian country.”
Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Indians v. Town of Southbury, 651 A.2d 1246 (Conn. 1995). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 47-63. General Statutes § 47-61 provides: “no title by possession against an INDIAN.”
Dark-Eyes v. Comm'r of Revenue Servs., 887 A.2d 848 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 2× “” The “existing reservation of the Tribe” was defined by chapter 824 of the Connecticut General Statutes, particularly General Statutes § 47-63, and apparently included approximately 180 to 200 acres of land in Ledyard.”
Charles v. Charles, 701 A.2d 650 (Conn. 1997). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 47-63. “Indian country” is defined as “all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government .”
State v. Velky, 821 A.2d 752 (Conn. 2003). · cites it 2× “Such powers and duties include the power to: (1) Determine tribal membership and residency on reservation land; (2) determine the tribal form of government; (3) regulate trade and commerce on the reservation; (4) make contracts, and (5) determine tribal leadership in accordance…”
Mohegan Tribe of Indians v. Mohegan Tribe & Nation, Inc., 769 A.2d 34 (Conn. 2001). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 47-59a (b); see also General Statutes § 47-63. The plaintiff challenges the relevance of this factual finding, and also claims that: (1) it had no notice that the trial court intended to address this issue; (2) the issue was irrelevant; (3) the finding was…”
Sevastian v. Sevastian, 808 A.2d 1180 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “§§ 1751 to 1759; General Statutes § 47-63.”
State v. Spears, 647 A.2d 1054 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994). · cites it 2× “§ 1758 ; and occupies a reservation of land in Ledyard pursuant to General Statutes § 47-63. The Mashantucket Pequot reservation is, therefore, Indian country to which federal law applies.”
Rolling Cloud v. Gill, 412 F. Supp. 1085 (D. Conn. 1976). · cites it 2× “Conn.Gen.Stat.Ann. §§ 47-63,. 47-59b(b). Second, the new statute establishes, for the first time, the Indian Affairs Council referred to above.”
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