Oversight Hearing on Federal Declinations to Prosecute Crimes in Indian Country

Date: September 18, 2008

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

The Honorable Drew Wrigley

U.S. Attorney for North Dakota

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Mr. W. Patrick Ragsdale

Director, Office of Justice Services

Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Mr. Thomas Heffelfinger

Partner

Best and Flanagan, LLP, Minneapolis, MN

Testimony

Mr. M. Brent Leonhard

Deputy Attorney General

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR

Testimony

Mr. Janelle Doughty

Director

Department of Justice and Regulatory, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, CO

Testimony

The Honorable Thomas Weissmuller

Board Member and Tribal Representative of the National Criminal Justice Association and Chief Justice of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Mashantucket, CT

Testimony