The House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), will hold an oversight hearing on the "Department of Interior's Recently Released Guidance on Taking Land into Trust for Indian Tribes and its Ramifications."

Subject:
House Natural Resources Committee Oversight Hearing on the "Department of Interior's Recently Released Guidance on Taking Land into Trust for Indian Tribes and its Ramifications"

When:
Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at 11:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Carl Artman, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Panel 2
The Honorable Lorraine White, Chief, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council, Akwesasne, NY
The Honorable Vincent Armenta, Tribal Chairman, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Santa Ynez, CA (map) (sketch)
The Honorable Hazel Hindsley, Tribal Chairwoman, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Webster, WI
Mr. Jeff Warnke, Director, Government and Public Relations, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Oakville, WA

Panel 3
Ms. Jacqueline L. Johnson, Executive Director, National Congress of the American Indians, Washington, DC
Mr. Alex Tallchief Skibine, Professor, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT
Mr. Kevin K. Washburn, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Opening Statement
Chairman Nick J. Rahall