The Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs (1984-2001, 2004-2010) was a

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

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

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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 {{Tennessee-stub