COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, November 8, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 3994 (Boren): To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes. "Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2007"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Jim Cason
Associate Deputy Secretary
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Panel II

Honorable Ron Allen
Chairman, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Sequim, WA

Honorable Melanie Benjamin
Chief Executive
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Onamia, MN

Honorable Jefferson Keel
Lieutenant Governor
Chickasaw Nation
Ada, OK

Honorable J. Michael Chavarria
Governor
Pueblo of Santa Clara
Espanola, NM

Mr. Ben Stevens
Executive Director
Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments
Fort Yukon, AK