Oversight Hearing Before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
on
Federal Recognition of Indian Tribes
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
9:30 a.m.
Room 106 Dirksen Senate Building
Chairman McCain's Opening Statement
Senator Inouye's Opening Statement
Senator Coburn's Opening Statement
Witness List
Senator Christopher Dodd
Senator Joseph Lieberman
Representative Nancy Johnson
Representative Christopher Shays
Representative Robert Simmons
Panel I
Panel II
MS. MARY L. KENDALL, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC
MR. LEE FLEMING, Director of Federal Acknowledgment, Office of Indian Affairs,
U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Panel III
THE HONORABLE RICHARD L. VELKY, Chief, Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, Derby, Connecticut
THE HONORABLE STEPHEN R. ADKINS, Chief, Chickahominy Indian Tribe, Charles City, Virginia
THE HONORABLE JOHN BARNETT, Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Longview, Washington
DR. KATHLEEN J. BRAGDON, Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
MR. KEN COOPER, President, Town Action to Save Kent, South Kent, Connecticut