SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AFFAIRS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
2:00 p.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 3532 (Young of AK), To empower federally recognized Indian tribes to accept restricted fee tribal lands, and for other purposes.

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable Don Young
Chairman

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

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

Panel II

The Honorable Robert Porter
President
Seneca Nation of Indians
Salamanca, NY

The Honorable W. Ron Allen
Tribal Chairman, CEO
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Sequim, WA

The Honorable Walter Dasheno
Governor
Santa Clara Pueblo
Espanola, NM

Robert T. Coulter
Executive Director
Indian Law Resource Center
Helena, MT
(Truth in Testimony Form)

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD:

Jimmy R. Newton, Jr.
Chairman
Southern Ute Indian Tribe