Hearing
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Legislative Hearing
Indian & Alaskan Native Affairs
| 05/16/2013
WHAT: Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Legislative Hearing on:
• HR 623 (Young of AK), To provide for the conveyance of certain property located in Anchorage, Alaska, from the United States to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. “Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act”
• HR 740 (Young of AK), To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. “Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act”
• HR 841 (Schrader), To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
• HR 931 (Schrader), To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
• HR 1306 (Young of AK), To provide for the partial settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. “Southeast Alaska Native Land Conveyance Act”
• HR 1410 (Franks), To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts. “Keep the Promise Act of 2013”
WHERE: 1324 Longworth House Office Building, US Capitol Complex, Washington DC
WHEN: 2PM, Thursday, May 16, 2013
Witnesses:
Panel I
Director
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Deputy Director for Management Operations
Department of Health and Human Services
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
PANEL II
Board Chair and President
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Tribal Council Chair
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Tribal Chairman
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
Mr. Bryon Mallott (H.R. 740 & H.R. 1306)
Member, Board of Directors
Sealaska Corporation
Accompanied by:
Jaeleen Kookesh Araujo
Jaeleen Kookesh Araujo
General Counsel of Sealaska
PANEL III
President
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Mr. Ned Norris, Jr. (H.R.1410)
Chairman
Tohono O'odham Nation