SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AFFAIRS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, March 01, 2012
11:00 a.m.

• Official hearing transcript

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1272 (Peterson), To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al, by the United States Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188, and for other purposes. "Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2011"

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable Don Young
Chairman

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Collin Peterson (MN 07)
Member of Congress

The Honorable Chip Cravaack (MN 08)
Member of Congress

Panel II

Michael S. Black
Director
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Panel III

The Honorable Norman W. Deschampe
President
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

The Honorable Erma Vizenor
Chairwoman
White Earth Band

The Honorable Marge Anderson
Chief Executive
Mille Lacs Band

The Honorable Arthur “Archie” LaRose
Chairman
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe