The Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs (1984-2001, 2004-2010) was a
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...
state agency that ceased to function after June 30, 2010, the expiration of the legal authority for its existence, Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) 4-34-102. The first bill to create the Commission (HB 959/SB 474) was introduced and eventually signed into law by Governor
Lamar Alexander
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from ...
in 1983. According to the
1980 Census, there were 5,103
Native American residents in Tennessee.
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* http://www.tncia.org/TCA-4-34-101.html
Government agencies disestablished in 2010
State agencies of Tennessee
Indigenous affairs ministries
Native American history of Tennessee
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