Oversight Hearing

Oversight Hearing on the “Status of Telecommunications in Indian Country”

Date: May 22, 2003

Time: 10:00 AM

Location: Russell

Room: 485

Witnesses

Panel 1

Panel I

Mr. K. Dane Snowden

Chief, Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Washington, D.C.

TESTIMONY

Panel I

Ms. Hilda Gay Legg

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Washington, D.C.

TESTIMONY

Panel I

Ms. Nancy J. Victory

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

Washington, D.C.

Panel 2

Panel II

Mr. Kade L. Twist

President

Kade L. Twist Consulting

Tempe, AZ

TESTIMONY

Panel II

Ms. Marcia Warren Edelman

President

Native Networking Policy Center

Reston, VA

TESTIMONY

Panel 3

Panel III

The Honorable Richard P. Narcia

Governor

Gila River Indian Community

Sacaton, AZ - Accompanied by: MR. ROBIN N. FOHRENKAM, Chairman and President, Gila River Telecommunications, Inc., Chandler, AZ

TESTIMONY

Panel III

The Honorable Nora McDowell

Chairperson

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe

Needles, CA

TESTIMONY

Panel III

Ms. Madonna Peltier Yawakie

President

Turtle Island Communications, Inc.

Fort Yates, ND

Panel 4

Panel IV

Dr. Gerald "Carty" Monette

President

Turtle Mountain Community College

Belcourt, ND

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Panel IV

Mr. Elsun Lauesen

Director of Technology

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians

Portland, OR - Accompanied by: MS. VALERIE FAST-HORSE, Co-Chair, Telecommunications and Utility Committee, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, Portland, OR, and Director, Management Information Systems, Coeur d-Alene Tribe of Idaho, Plummer, ID

Panel IV

Mr. Denis Turner

Executive Director, Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association

Tribal Digital Village

Valley Center, CA - Accompanied by: Mr. Matt Rattan

Panel IV

The Honorable Cora Whiting-Hildebrand

Council Member

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Pine Ridge, SD

Panel IV

Mr. Gene Dejordy

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs

Western Wireless Corporation

Bellevue, WA

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Panel IV

Ms. Roanne Robinson Shaddox

Senior Advisor

External Relations Privacy Council

Washington, D.C.

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Panel IV

Mr. Mike Strand

CEO and General Counsel

Montana Independent Telecommunications Systems

Helena, MT

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