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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 01.06.01.11" title_num="01" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="01" heading="Recognition Advisory Committees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A Recognition Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Commission to review each petition for formal recognition of Maryland Indian status under these regulations.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Each Recognition Advisory Committee shall consist of five members who shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To the maximum extent possible, be Native Americans; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Two Native Americans nominated by the Commission from different tribes, bands, groups, or clans, other than the petitioning group, at least one of whom shall be descended from a tribe, band, group, or clan indigenous to Maryland, if available;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>One person with demonstrated expertise in genealogy, and in American Indian genealogy if available; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Two persons qualified in anthropology, ethnohistory, or related fields.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Each Recognition Advisory Committee shall review the petition for recognition and make recommendations to the Commission as required under Regulation .08 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>