Oversight Hearing

Oversight Hearing on Backlogs at the Department of the Interior: Land into Trust Applications; Environmental Impact Statements; Probate; Appraisals and Lease Approvals

Date: October 4, 2007

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

Mr. Frank Bigelow

Supervisor

Madera County Board of Supervisors, Madera, CA

Testimony

The Honorable Robert Chicks

Vice President, National Congress of American Indian Midwest Region; President of the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians; Co-Chair of the NCAI Land Recovery Task Force; President of the Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes

Great Lakes Intertribal Council, Bowler, WI

Accompanied by: Mr. John Dossett, General Counsel, NCAI, Portland, OR

Testimony

Mr. Carl Artman, Esq.

Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

The Honorable Ron His Horse Is Thunder

Chairman

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, ND

Testimony

The Honorable William Rhodes

Governor

Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, AZ

Testimony

Mr. Doug Nash

Director of Indian Estate Planning and Probating, Institute of Indian Estate Planning and Probate

Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA

Testimony