Witness list for Senate Indian Affairs hearing on three bills

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Witness list for Senate Indian Affairs hearing on three bills

Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will consider three bills at a hearing tomorrow.

The bills are S.636, a bill to move the Quileute Tribe of Washington out of a tsunami zone; S.703, the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act; and S.546, a bill to extend federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The witness list follows:

Panel # 1
Mr. Donald Laverdure
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Mr. George Skibine
Deputy Assistant Secretary-Management

Panel # 2
The Honorable John Sinclair
President, Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Mr. Kim Jerome Gotischalk
Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund

The Honorable Bonita Cleveland
Chairperson, Quileute Nation

Panel # 3
Mr. Robert Tippeconnie
Southern Plains Area Vice President, National Congress of American Indians

Ms. Cheryl A. Causley
Chairperson, National American Indian Housing Council

Committee Notice:
HEARING on S. 636, A bill to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes; S. 703, the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 201l; and S. 546, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2011 (April 14, 2011)

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