COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1294 (Moran), To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. "Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2006" 
• H.R. 65 (McIntyre), To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. "Lumbee Recognition Act."

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Senator Elizabeth Dole, (NC)

Congressman Mike McIntyre, (NC-7)

Congressman Robin Hayes, (NC-8)

Congressman James Moran, (VA-8)

Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, (VA-3)

Congressman Frank R. Wolf, (VA-10)

Panel I

The Honorable Carl J. Artman
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington, D.C.

Panel II

Chairman Goins
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
Pembroke, NC
*Accompanied by Ms. Arlinda Locklear, Attorney for Lumbee Tribe

Principal Chief Mitchell Hicks
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Cherokee, NC

Mr. Kelvin Sampson
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

Dr. Jack Campisi
Anthropologist
Red Hook, NY

Panel III

Chief Stephen Adkins
Chickahominy Indian Tribe
Charles Country, VA

Chief Kenneth Branham
Monacan Indian Nation
Madison Heights, VA

The Reverend Jonathan Barton
Virginia Council of Churches, Inc.
Richmond, VA

Ms. Helen Rountree
Anthropologist
Hampton, VA