COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Lower Brule Tribal Headquarters
187 Oyate Circle
Lower Brule, South Dakota
Friday, June 1, 2007
12:00 p.m.

OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING ON:

• "The Needs and Challenges of Tribal Law Enforcement on Indian Reservations"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Pat Ragsdale
Director
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington, D.C.
*Accompanied by Christopher Chaney and Elmer Fourdance

Chairman Michael Jandreau
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 
Lower Brule, SD

Chairman Lester Thompson, Jr.
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Ft. Thompson, SD

Panel II

President John Yellowbird Steele
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Pine Ridge, SD

Chairman Joseph Brings Plenty, Sr. 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte, SD

President Rodney Bordeaux
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Rosebud, SD

Chairman Michael Selvage, Sr. 
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Agency Village, SD
*Gary Gaikowski, Chief of Police speaking on behalf of Chairman Michael Selvage, Sr.

Panel III

Georgia Little Shield
Director
Pretty Bird Woman House
McLaughlin, SD

Ms. Karen Artichocker
Director
Cangleska, Inc.
Kyle, SD

Ms. Carol Pollack
Researcher
Amnesty International
New York, NY

Panel IV

Mr. Robert W. Cournoyer
Chairman
Yankton Sioux Tribe
Marty, SD

Mr. Archie Fool Bear
Councilman
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Fort Yates, ND