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Listening Lounge: Senate Indian Gaming Hearing
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Welcome to the Listening Lounge! Here you will find audio recordings of the June 28, 2005, Senate Indian Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the regulation of Indian gaming.
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All the files are in MP3 format, 56 Kbps (Mono), to keep file size at a minimum without sacrificing too much quality. The files were recorded directly off the Senate website feed.
Intro - 11:47 - 4.71MB
Introductory statements by Sen. Byron Dorgan and Sen. John McCain
Panel I - 35:04 - 14.0MB
Testimony by Panel I:
Vivian Juan-Saunders, Chairwoman, Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona
Dallas Massey, Sr., Chairman, White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona
Deron Marquez, Chairman, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians of California
Joseph A. Pakootas, Chairperson, Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington
Q&A - 28:29 - 11.4MB
Questions and Answers with Panel I
Panel II - 21:38 - 8.66MB
Testimony by Panel II:
James Crawford, Chairman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribe of North/South Dakota
Jim Ransom, Chief, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York
Doreen Hagen, President, Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota
Q&A- 10:57 - 4.38MB
Questions and Answers with Panel II
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