Audio from House subcommittee hearing on tribal land issues
Friday, August 3, 2012
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The
House
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held an oversight hearing on Thursday to consider some tribal land disputes.
Lawmakers focused on two disputes. One is between the
Navajo Nation and the
Zuni Pueblo over the division of surplus military land in New Mexico.
The other is a dispute over land-into-trust efforts by the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in California. Non-Indians are fighting the tribe.
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the chairman of the subcommittee, and lawmakers from both parties indicated a need for the parties to work out the disputes on their own.
But Young said he would be willing to intervene to ensure that all three tribes obtain some land for economic development and other purposes.
Audio files from the hearing can be downloaded below. The testimony and Q&A are rather lengthy:
• Opening Statements
Panel I
• Testimony | Q8A
Michael Black
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Honorable Arlen Quetawki, Sr.
Governor, Zuni Tribe
The
Honorable Johnny Naize
Speaker, Navajo Nation Council
The Honorable
Vincent Armenta
Chairman, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
Marshall
Grossman
Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP
Committee Notice:
Oversight
Hearing on "Indian lands: exploring resolutions to disputes concerning Indian
tribes, state and local governments, and private landowners over land use and
development" (August 2, 2012)
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