House hearing on Minnesota Chippewa trust bill
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Filed Under:
Politics
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Trust
The
House Natural
Resources Committee held a hearing this morning on two bills that would
distribute a judgment fund for the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
H.R.2306
and
H.R.3699
each distribute the funds in trust account JA1041696 to six bands of the
Chippewa Tribe. The bills differ on how much each band gets.
The hearing started at 10am but the Internet feed was down for about 30 minutes due to a House-wide problem. Audio is missing of the opening statements, the testimony of Panel 1 and some of the Q&A with Panel 1. The rest is intact.
follows:
Panel 1 - Q&A [Fragment]
Honorable James
Oberstar (D-MN)
Honorable Collin Peterson
(D-MN)
Panel 2 - Testimony |
Q&A
Mr. Jerry Gidner, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the
Interior, Washington, DC
Panel 3 - Testimony |
Q&A
Honorable Kevin Leecy, Tribal
Chairman, Bois Forte Band of
Chippewa Indians, Nett Lake, MN
Honorable Karen Driver, Chairwoman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, Cloquet, MN
Honorable Norman Deschampe, Chairman, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa
Indians, Grand Portage, MN
Honorable George Goggleye, Jr., Chairman, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Indians, Cass Lake, MN
Honorable Melanie Benjamin, Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Indians, Onamia, MN
Honorable Erma J. Vizenor, Chairwoman, White Earth Nation, White
Earth, MN
Committee Notice:
Full
Committee Legislative Hearing: H.R. 2306 and H.R. 3699 (June 5, 2008)
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