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Witness list for Senate hearing on Cobell, trust reform
Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Indianz.Com Listening Lounge, Senate Indian Affairs Committee oversight hearing on legislation to resolve Cobell v. Norton, July 26, 2005. Note: All files in MP3 format. Intro - 16:03 - 2.75MB Panel I - 14:13 - 2.44MB | Q&A - 14:28 - 2.48MB Panel II - 53:41 - 9.21MB | Q&A - 29:58 - 5.14MB • Witness List

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding an oversight hearing this morning on legislation to settle the Cobell v. Norton lawsuit and reform the broken Indian trust.

The hearing begins at 10am. It will be broadcast on the Internet [Committee Web Site].

Here is the witness list, as released by the committee:
Panel I MR. JIM CASON, Associate Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Accompanied by: MR. ROSS SWIMMER, Special Trustee for American Indians, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Panel II - (witnesses may not be testifying in the order listed on this panel)
THE HONORABLE TEX HALL, President, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC

CHIEF JIM GRAY, Chairman, Board of Directors, Inter-Tribal Monitoring Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico

MR. ERNEST L.STENSGAR, President, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, Portland, Oregon

MR. JAMES T. MARTIN, Executive Director, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee

MS. ELOUISE P. COBELL, Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund, Browning, Montana

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Senate Documents:
John McCain Statement | Byron Dorgan Statement | Full Text of Bill as Introduced

Relevant Documents:
Trust Reform and Cobell Settlement Workgroup Principles for Legislation (June 2005)

Related Story:
Federal official: Native trust fund accounts vulnerable (The Lincoln Journal Star 7/21)

Relevant Links:
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Cobell v. Norton, Department of Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/cases/cobell/index.htm
National Congress of American Indians - http://www.ncai.org
Intertribal Trust Fund Monitoring Association - http://www.itmatrustfunds.org

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