The SCIA will hold a hearing Thursday on several recognition bills, including the Grand River Band recognition bill (H/T Indianz).
Here is testimony from Grand River from last year.
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Written Testimony in Senate Hearing on Tribal Courts
From the Senate Indian Affairs Committee site:
Panel 1
MR. W. PATRICK RAGSDALE
Director, Office of Justice Services
Washington, DC
Accompanied by: MR. JOE LITTLE, Associate Deputy Director, Office of Justice Services-Division of Tribal Justice Support, U.S. Department of the Interior.
THE HONORABLE ROMAN DURAN
First Vice President, National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA), Albuquerque, NM
THE HONORABLE JOSEPH FLIES AWAY
Chief Judge, Hualapai Indian Tribe of Arizona
MS DORMA SAHNEYAH
Trbal Prosecutor, Hopi Tribe of Arizona
THE HONORABLE TERESA POULEY
President, Northwest Tribal Court Judges Association, Washington
THE HONORABLE JOHN ST. CLAIR
Chief Justice, Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribal Court, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
Senate Indian Affairs Hearing on Tribal Courts
From Indianz:
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing this morning on tribal courts.
The hearing starts at 9:30am and will be broadcast online at http://indian.senate.gov/public/webcast.ram. The witness list follows:
Panel 1
MR. W. PATRICK RAGSDALE
Director, Office of Justice Services
Accompanied by: MR. JOE LITTLE, Associate Deputy Director, Office of Justice Services-Division of Tribal Justice Support, U.S. Department of the Interior.THE HONORABLE ROMAN DURAN
First Vice President, National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA), Albuquerque, NMTHE HONORABLE JOSEPH FLIES AWAY
Chief Judge, Hualapai Indian Tribe of Arizona MS DORMA SAHNEYAH
Trbal Prosecutor, Hopi Tribe of ArizonaTHE HONORABLE TERESA POULEY
President, Northwest Tribal Court Judges Association, WashingtonTHE HONORABLE JOHN ST. CLAIR Chief Justice, Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribal Court, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Tribal Courts and the Administration of Justice in Indian Country (July 24, 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
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
Written Testimony in Senate Hearing on DOI Backlogs
From the Senate Indian Affairs Committee website:
THE HONORABLE CARL J. ARTMAN
Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC
THE HONORABLE ROBERT CHICKS
Mid-West Area Vice President, National Congress of American Indians; President, Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Bowler, WI
THE HONORABLE GARY SVANDA
Council Member, City of Madera
Madera, CA
MR. DOUG NASH
Director, of Indian Estate Planning and Probating, Institute of Indian Estate Planning and Probate
Seattle, WA
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
Sen. Dorgan Concept Paper on Violent Crime in Indian Country
From Sen. Dorgan’s office:
November 7th, 2007 – Over the past year, the Senate Committee on
Indian Affairs has held three oversight hearings, a series of
listening sessions, and multiple meetings with tribal leaders to
discuss the longstanding problem of violent crime in Indian Country.
Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs, has developed a concept paper which has been sent to tribal
leaders. The concept paper, found here, is a compilation of comments
from tribal leaders that examines the problems and lists a number of
proposed solutions to law enforcement issues in Indian Country.
The Committee will continue to meet with tribal leaders over the next
few months in the development of legislation to address this issue.
For those who wish to provide additional comments, we invite you to
share your comments and ideas with us through our website. Please
click on the link below and share with us your thoughts on this
important matter. However, if you wish to submit any documents in
addition to your comments, please e-mail comments@indian.senate.gov
with both your comments and attachments. Similarly, you may fax the
information to (202) 228-2589.
http://www.indian.senate.gov/public/_files/Indiancrimeconceptpaper.pdf
Congressional Authority to Reaffirm Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over Non-Indians
The recent testimony before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee regarding the possible Congressional reaffirmation of tribal criminal jurisdiction over non-Indian domestic violence and sexual assault perpetrators — that we blogged about earlier — is now complete with the final version of Riyaz Kanji’s testimony on Congressional authority to take this action.
Virginia Tribes & Federal Recognition
Indianz.com is reporting that Sen. Jim Webb backs the bill that would provide federal recognition to six Virginia tribes: “H.R.1294 recognizes the Chickahominy Tribe, the Chickahominy Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, the Monacan Nation and the Monacan Nation. The bill overwhelmingly passed the House in May.”
Jim Webb’s letter to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee is here.
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