They’re here, courtesy of the Supreme Court Project:
In support of Respondents:
Amicus Brief of Narragansett Indian Tribe
Legislation
Senate Finance Committee Hearing — Witness Statements
Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Tribal Tax Policy
Go Del!
From Indianz:
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, July 22, to address tax policy in Indian Country.
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana), the chairman of the committee, said the hearing will address three specific issues: the Indian Employment Tax Credit, the tax-exempt bonds for tribal governments and accelerated depreciation for tribes. Witnesses at the hearing include Dante Desiderio, an economic development specialist for the National Congress of American Indians; Del Laverdure, the chief counsel for the Crow Tribe of Montana; and Wayne A. Shammel, the general counsel of Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians in Oregon. The hearing takes place at 10am in Room 215 of the : Senate Dirksen Office Building.
Committee Notice:
Indian Governments and the Tax Code: Maximizing Tax Incentives for Economic Development (July 22, 2008 )
Senate Indian Affairs Hearing on Adam Walsh
From Indianz:
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding an oversight hearing this morning on tribal implementation of the Adam Walsh Act.
The hearing starts at 10am and will be broadcast at http://indian.senate.gov/public/webcast.ram The witness list follows
Panel 1
THE HONORABLE RON SUPPAH
Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, ORTHE HONORABLE RONALD LOPEZ
Vice Chairman, Tohono O’odham Nation, Sells, AZTHE HONORABLE ROBERT MOORE
Tribal Councilman, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Mission, SDMR. WILLIAM GREGORY
Tribal Prosecutor, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Harbor Springs, MIMS. JACQUELINE JOHNSON
Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC
Articles on BMIC and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Bills
BMIC and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Bills Defeated in the House
Congressional Vote Today on BMIC and Sault Tribe Gaming Bills
From The Hill:
Pelosi to grant vote on Indian gaming bill benefiting Rep. Dingell’s district
By Susan Crabtree
Posted: 06/24/08 07:08 PM [ET]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is giving Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) a full House vote Wednesday on a nettlesome Indian gaming bill he’s been pushing for years as a surefire way to help out his cash-strapped district.
Dingell and his allies tried — albeit unsuccessfully — to insert it into various legislative vehicles despite an onslaught of complaints from high-profile opponents and others, such as convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who were stalwartly against congressional intervention in the issue.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), then the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs panel investigating Abramoff’s Indian gambling lobbying scandal, was infuriated by an effort to parachute the language into an early version of the 2005 highway bill. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), at Dingell’s urging, had placed the language deep within the massive transportation measure as early as 2003.
Written Testimony from Senate Hearing on Indian Crime Bill
From the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs:
Panel 1
THE HONORABLE RON HIS HORSE IS THUNDER
Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box D, Fort Yates, ND 58538
THE HONORABLE JOSEPH A. GARCIA
President, National Congress of American Indians
1301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036
THE HONORABLE GRETCHEN SHAPPERT
United States Attorny, Western District of North Carolina, United States Department of Justice; Chair of the Department’s Native American Issues Subcommittee, Charlotte, North Carolina
MR. W. PATRICK RAGSDALE
Director, Office of Law Enforcement Services, U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC
PROFESSOR KELLY STONER
Director, Native American Legal Resource Center and Clinical Programs, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
MR. WALTER LAMAR
President and CEO Lamar Associates
Washington, DC
Mich. Senate Republicans Appear to Concede Gun Lake Compact Fight
From the GR Press:
LANSING — Legislative opponents of a Wayland Township casino may be ready to fold their cards after last week’s federal appeals court ruling in favor of the Gun Lake tribe.
Republicans who control the state Senate will meet this week to discuss whether to continue their block on a gaming compact between the state and the tribe.
“At some point, you need to take a look at what the reality is,” said Matt Marsden, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop.
“We can oppose it and wax on about the ills of gaming,” Marsden said Monday. “But the fact of the matter is, it’s not a gaming issue at this point, it’s a regulatory matter.”
Indian Affairs Committee Oversight Hearing on NIGC — Written Testimony
From the Senate Indian Affairs Committee website:
THE HONORABLE PHILIP HOGEN
Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission
Washington, DC 20005
THE HONORABLE DELIA CARLYLE
Chairwoman, Arizona Indian Gaming Association Ak Chin Tribe
THE HONORABLE J.R. MATHEWS
Board Member and Vice-Chairman Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
Quapaw, OK
Accompanied by: MARK VAN NORMAN, Executive Director, National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, DC
MR. BRIAN PATTERSON
President, United South and Eastern Tribes
Nashville, TN
MR. KURT LUGER
Executive Director, Great Plains Indian Gaming Association,
Bismarck, ND
MS. KATHRYN RAND
J.D., University of North Dakota School of Law
Grand Forks, ND
Accompanied by: STEVEN LIGHT, PhD., Co-Directors, Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
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