COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 2837 (Faleomavaega): To provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes. "Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Congressman Christopher Shays, (CT-4)

Panel II

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

Panel III

Ms. Patricia Zell
President
Zell & Cox Law, P.C.
Washington, D.C.

Ms. Arlinda F. Locklear
Esquire
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Mark Tilden
Staff Attorney
Native American Rights Fund
Boulder, CO

Mr. James A. Keedy
Executive Director
Michigan Indian Legal Services
Traverse City, MI

Panel IV

Mr. Derril B. Jordan
Partner
AndersonTuell, LLP
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Steve Austin
Cultural Anthropologist
Austin Research Associates
Silver Springs, MD

Mr. Mike Lawson
Senior Associate
Morgan, Angel & Associates, LLC
Washington, D.C

Mr. David Cramer
Attorney
Andrews & Cramer, LLC
Lincoln City, OR
* Accompanied by Chairman Donny Fry, Confederated Tribe of Lower Rogue, Coos Bay, OR