Senate business meeting and recognition hearing
Thursday, September 25, 2008
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Politics
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Recognition
The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committee held a business meeting and hearing this afternoon.
The proceeding lasted about 90 minutes. The committee approved
S. 3355, the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act, with
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) voting no.
The hearing focused on four federal recognition bills. They are:
S.
1058, the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act;
S.
724, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2007;
S.
514, the Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act; and
H.R.
1294, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition
Act of 2007.
Audio clips can be downloaded below:
• Introduction
• Testimony
The Honorable Jim Webb, United
State Senate, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Tim
Kaine, Governor of Virginia
The Honorable Jim
Moran, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
• Business Meeting
• Testimony |
Q&A
Mr. Lee Fleming, Director, Office of Federal Acknowledgment, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Anne Tucker, Chairwoman, Muscogee Nation of Florida,
Bruce, Florida
The Honorable John Sinclair, President, Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana, Great Falls, Montana
The Honorable Ron Yob, Chairman, Grand River Bands of Ottawa
Indians, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dr. Helen C. Rountree, Professor Emeritus, Old Dominion University, Department
of Anthropology, Hampton, Virginia
Committee Notice:
BUSINESS MEETING to consider S. 335, to be followed immediately by a LEGISLATIVE HEARING
(September 25, 2008)
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