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105th Congress Hearing Archives

Full Committee Hearing on: H.R. 2756, H.R. 2812, H.R. 2924, HR. 3087, H.R. 3088

Wednesday, February 25, 1998 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.
Hearing on:
H.R. 2756, to authorize an exchange of property between the Kake Tribal Corporation and the Sealaska Corporation and the United States. "Kake Tribal Corporation Land Exchange Act".
H.R. 2812, to provide for the recognition of certain Native communities under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. "Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition Act".
H.R. 2924, to amend the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for selection of lands by certain veterans of the Vietnam era and by the Elim Native Corporation.
HR. 3087, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant an easement to Chugach Alaska Corporation.
H.R. 3088, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding Huna Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other purposes. 

WITNESSES

 

Panel I

    Mr. James R. Lyons, Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. (H.R. 2756, H.R. 3087 & H.R. 3088)

    Accompanied by:

      Eleanor Towns, Director of Lands, U.S. Forest Service

      Mr. John R. Garamendi, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. (H.R. 2812 & H.R. 2924)

Panel II

    Mr. Gordon Jackson, President and CEO, Kake Tribal Corporation, Juneau, Alaska (H.R. 2756)

    Mr. Albert W. Dick, Chairman, Huna Totem Corporation, Hoonah, Alaska (H.R. 3088)

    Mr. Derenty Tabios, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska (H.R. 3087)

Panel III

    Mr. Raymond P. Roberts, Chairman, Southeast Alaska ANCSA Land Acquisition Coalition, Ketchikan, Alaska (H.R. 2812)

     

    Mr. Brian O'Donnell, Executive Director, Alaska Wilderness League, Washington, D.C.

    Representing Bart Koehler, Executive Director, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (H.R. 2756, H.R. 2812, & H.R. 3088)

Panel IV (H.R. 2924)

    Mr. Jack Hession, Sierra Club, Anchorage, Alaska

    Mr. Nelson N. Angapak, Sr., Special Assistant to the President, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage, Alaska

    Mr. Robert A. Keith, President, Elim Native Corporation, Elim, Alaska

    Mr. Chester L. Ballot, Kotzebue, Alaska

Not present, but submitting testimony for the record (H.R. 3087)

    Mr. Allen E. Smith, Alaska Regional Director, The Wilderness Society, Anchorage, Alaska

       

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