Last Updated on May 15, 1998

Hearing before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Tribal Sovereign Immunity

Wednesday, May 6, 1998 10:00 a.m. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

WITNESS LIST

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

PANEL I

Mr. Thomas LeClaire, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

PANEL II

The Honorable Wendell Chino, President, Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, New Mexico

Mr. Pedro Johnson, Treasurer, Mashantucket Pequot Nation, Mashantucket, Connecticut

The Honorable Wendell Askenette, Vice Chairman, Menominee Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Keshena, Wisconsin

The Honorable Milton Bluehouse, Sr., Vice President, The Navajo Nation. Accompanied by Mr. Britt Clapham, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, Arizona

Mr. Eric Eberhard, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney, Seattle, Washington

PANEL III

Mr. Bernard Gamache, Wapato, Washington

Mr. Dennis A. Ferdon, Esq., Anderson & Ferdon, Norwich, Connecticut

Mr. Richard A. Goren, Esq., Rubin, Hay & Gould, Framingham, Massachusetts

Mr. Greg Abbott, Esq., Weinblatt & Gaylord, St. Paul, Minnesota