SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AFFAIRS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
11:00 a.m.

• Official hearing transcript

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1291 (Cole) to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes;
• H.R. 1234 (Kildee) to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes; and
• H.R. 1421 (Boren) to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma with regard to the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam in Oklahoma.

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable Don Young
Chairman

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I (H.R. 1291 & H.R. 1234)

The Honorable Tom Cole
Member of Congress (OK-04)

Donald “Del” Laverdure
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

The Honorable Earl J. Barbry, Sr. Chairman
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Marksville, LA

The Honorable Cedric Cromwell
Chairman
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Mashpee, MA

Ross O. Swimmer (H.R. 1421)
Former Principal Chief
Cherokee Nation
Tahlequah, OK

Panel II (H.R. 1291 & H.R. 1234)

Alexander Tallchief Skibine
The University of Utah
S.J. Quinney College of Law
Salt Lake City, UT
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Donald C. Mitchell
Attorney at Law
Anchorage, AK
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Susan Adams
President
Marin County Board of Supervisors
San Rafael, CA

Cheryl Schmit
Director
Stand Up For California
Penryn, CA
(Truth in Testimony Form)