COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, July 14, 2005
10:00 a.m.

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "Status of Settling Recognized Tribes’ Land Claims in the State of New York"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Michael Olsen
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of Interior

Panel II

Nation Representative Ray Halbritter
Oneida Indian Nation

Chief James W. Ransom
St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians

Chairperson Cristina Danforth
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

Chief LeRoy Howard
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma

President Robert Chicks
Stockbridge Munsee Community of Wisconsin

Panel III

Chairman Paul W. Miller
Committee on Native American Affairs and Gaming
New York State Association of Counties