2009

Date	Title
1/15/09	Statement of Dr. Robert Middleton, Oversight Hearing Before the Committee in Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, on Job Creation and Investment in Infrastructure on Indian Lands the committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, on Priorities for Indian Affairs
2/12/09	Statement of Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, on Priorities for Indian Affairs
3/18/09	Testimony of George Skibine, Hearing Before the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, on H.R.31,“Lumbee Recognition”, and H.R.1385, “Virginia Tribes Recognition” Bills
4/22/09	Statement of George Skibine and Jerry Gidner, Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, U.S. House of Representatives, on Law Enforcement Issues in Indian Country
6/3/09	Statement of George Skibine, Hearing Before the Committee on Natural resources, U.S. House of Representatives, on H.R. 2040 “Samish Real Property into trust”
6/3/09	Testimony of George Skibine, Hearing Before the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, on H.R. 1061, “Hoh Indian Tribes Land into Trust”
6/25/09	Testimony of Larry EchoHawk, Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, on S. 797, “Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009”
7/15/09	Testimony of George Skibine, Hearing Before the House Natural Resources Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, on H.R. 2678 Duwamish, H.R. 1358 Burt Lake Band, H.R. 3084 Chinook, H.R. 3120 Little Shell, Recognition Bills
7/21/09	Statement of Michael L. Connor, Hearing Before the Water and Power Subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources, U.S House of Representatives, on H.R. 1065, “White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2009”
7/23/09	Statement of Michael L. Connor, Hearing Before the Committee on Water and Power, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, on S. 789, the “Tule River Tribe Water Development Act”
7/30/09	Statement of William Patrick Ragsdale, Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, on Gangs in Indian Country
10/21/09	Statement of Jerry Gidner, Hearing Before the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, on H.R. 2523, “Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act”, or the “HEARTH Act”
11/4/09	Testimony of George Skibine, Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, on Fixing the Federal Acknowledgement Process
11/4/09	Statement of Donald Laverdure, Before the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, on H.R. 3742 and H.R. 3697, Bill to Amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to Reaffirm the Authority of the Secretary of the Interior to Take Land into Trust
12/9/09	Testimony of George Skibine, Oversight Hearing, Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, on The Current Status of Backlogs
12/17/09	Statement of Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate, on The Proposed Settlement of Cobell v. Salazar