House Resources hearing on land-into-trust policy
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Filed Under:
Politics
Note: The hearing ended around 2:10pm. Audio clips are below. The last minute or so of the final Q&A with Panel 3 is not available due to a dropout in the committee's feed.
The hearing resumed around 1pm.
At around 12:16pm, the committee went into recess due to votes on the House floor. The hearing will resume sometime between 12:45pm and 1pm.
Audio Clips:
•
Opening Statements
•
Carl Artman Testimony |
Q&A [13.2MB]
•
Panel 2 Testimony |
Q&A
•
Panel 3 Testimony |
Q&A [very short]
The House Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing this morning on the Bush administration's new land-into-trust policy for off-reservation casinos.
The hearing starts at 11am and will be broadcast at
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov. The witness list follows:
Panel 1
The Honorable Carl Artman, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior
Panel 2
The Honorable Lorraine White, Chief, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council
The Honorable Vincent Armenta, Tribal Chairman, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
The Honorable Hazel Hindsley, Tribal Chairwoman, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Panel 3
The Honorable Joe Garcia, President, National Congress of the American Indians
Mr. Alex Tallchief Skibine, Professor, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Mr. Kevin K. Washburn, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Committee Notice:
Department
Of Interior’s Recently Released Guidance On Taking Land Into Trust For Indian
Tribes And Its Ramifications (February 27, 2008)
Off-Reservation Gaming Policy:
Guidance on taking off-reservation land into
trust for gaming purposes (January 3, 2008)
BIA Letters:
Big Lagoon
Rancheria |
Chemehuevi Tribe |
Hannahville Indian Community |
Jemez Pueblo |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa |
Los Coyotes Band of
Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians |
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians |
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe |
Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican
Indians |
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe
|
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
|
Other January 4 Tribes
Relevant Links:
House Natural Resources Committee -
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov
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