Oversight Hearing on Fixing the Federal Acknowledgment Process

Date: November 4, 2009

Time: 2:15 PM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

Mr. George Skibine

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Accompanied by: R. Lee Fleming, Director, Office of Federal Acknowledgement, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Mr. Frank Ettawageshik

Chair, Federal Acknowledgment Task Force

National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

The Honorable John Sinclair

President

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Havre, MT

Testimony

The Honorable Anne E. Tucker

Tribal Chairperson

Muscogee Nation of Florida, Bruce, FL

Testimony

Ms. Patty Ferguson-Bohnee

Director

Indian Legal Clinic, Tempe, AZ

Testimony