Joint Hearing
with the
House Committee on Resources
on
H.R. 1082/S. 569, to amend the Indian Child
Welfare Act of 1978

Wednesday, June 18, 1997
10:30 a.m.
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
VICE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
SENATOR McCAIN'S STATEMENT
SENATOR DORGAN'S STATEMENT

WITNESS LIST

The Honorable Deborah Pryce, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

PANEL I

The Honorable Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.



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

PANEL II

The Honorable Deborah Doxtator, Chairperson, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Oneida, Wisconsin



The Honorable Thomas Atcitty, Vice President, The Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona



The Honorable W. Ron Allen, President, National Congress of American Indians, Chairman, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Washington, D.C.

PANEL III

Ms. Jane Gorman, Esq., Tustin, California



Mr. Michael J. Walleri, Esq., Legal Department, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska