OPENING STATEMENT:
The Honorable Don Young
Chairman
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Donald “Del” Laverdure
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC
Panel II
The Honorable Robert Porter
President
Seneca Nation of Indians
Salamanca, NY
The Honorable W. Ron Allen
Tribal Chairman, CEO
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Sequim, WA
The Honorable Walter Dasheno
Governor
Santa Clara Pueblo
Espanola, NM
Robert T. Coulter
Executive Director
Indian Law Resource Center
Helena, MT
Turtle Talk 
This is a step in the right direction for greater tribal governmental stewardship over tribal lands. The flexibility in federal recognition of tribal laws establishing a system of land tenure is an important part of this bill. I hope it moves forward!