Joint Hearing
before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
and the
House Committee on Resources
on
S. 1586, the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 1999; and
S. 1315/H.R. 3181, to permit the leasing of oil and gas rights on Navajo allotted lands
November 4, 1999
Opening Statement by Chairman Campbell
WITNESS LIST
PANEL I
The Honorable Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
ACCOMPANIED BY: Mr. Wayne Nordwall, Director, Western Regional Office,
Mr. Larry Morrin, Director, Mid-West Regional Office, and
Mr. Ed Cohen, Deputy Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior
Gover statement on S.1315
Gover statement on S.1586
PANEL II
Mr. Ross Racine, Natural Resources Director, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Billings, Montana (S. 1586)
Mr. Delmar “Poncho” Bigby, Indian Land Working Group, Harlem, Montana (S. 1586)
Ms. Roxane J. Poupart, Land Management Director, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin (S. 1586)
Mr. Ben Black Bear, Executive Director, Tribal Land Enterprise, Rosebud, South Dakota (S. 1586)
Ms. Shenan R. Atcitty, Esq., Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash & Frye, LLP, Washington, D.C. on behalf of Shii Shi Keyah Association (S. 1315)