COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, June 5, 2008
10:00 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 2306 (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 18 and 188, and for other purposes. "Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2007"
- H.R. 3699 (Oberstar), To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, Docket Nos. 19 and 188, United States Court of Federal Claims.
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Honorable James Oberstar (MN-8)
Honorable Collin Peterson (MN-7)
Panel II
Mr. Jerry Gidner
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
United States Department of the Interior
Washington, DC
Panel III
Honorable Kevin Leecy
Tribal Chairman
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians
Nett Lake, MN
Honorable Karen Driver
Chairwoman
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Cloquet, MN
Honorable Norman Deschampe
Chairman
Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians
Grand Portage, MN
Honorable George Goggleye, Jr.
Chairman
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Indians
Cass Lake, MN
Honorable Melanie Benjamin
Chief Executive
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians
Onamia, MN
Honorable Erma J. Vizenor
Chairwoman
White Earth Nation
White Earth, MN
