- AUG 2 4 PETORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, OF THE US Conerows Home COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS TO AMEND THE ACT OF JUNE 19, 1935 (49 STAT. 388), KF27 1527 19654 COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS WAYNE N. ASPINALL, Colorado, Chairman LEO W. O'BRIEN, New York WALTER H. MOELLER, Ohio JONATHAN B. BINGHAM, New York N. NEIMAN CRALEY, JR., Pennsylvania RICHARD WHITE, Texas TENO RONCALIO, Wyoming SANTIAGO POLANCO-ABREU, Resident Commissioner, Puerto Rico JOHN P. SAYLOR, Pennsylvania Ranking Minority Member E. Y. BERRY, South Dakota GEORGE V. HANSEN, Idaho HENRY P. SMITH III, New York ED REINECKE, California SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS JAMES A. HALEY, Chairman ED EDMONDSON, Oklahoma RICHARD WHITE, Texas TENO RONCALIO, Wyoming JOHN P. SAYLOR, Pennsylvania E. Y. BERRY, South Dakota CRAIG HOSMER, California CHARLOTTE T. REID, Illinois GEORGE V. HANSEN, Idaho HENRY P. SMITH III, New York Dr. JOHN L. TAYLOR, Consultant on Territorial and Indian Affairs NOTE. The chairman, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, is an ex officio member of each subcommittee. II 1 Rivers, Hon. Ralph J., a Representative in Congress from the Weissbrodt, I. S., tribal attorney- 12, 47, 72 Da Kee Kheen Brown, president Tlingit-Haida Group, Juneau 15 Denny, Theodore R., president, Washington State Chapter, 86 Hope, Andrew, president, Tlingit and Haida Indians Central 10 Hughes, Phillip S., Assistant Director for Legislative Reference, 112 Paul, William Lewis, excerpts from brief in opposition to H.R. 25 Resolution, Tlingit-Haida Association, passed March 17, 1965, 102 Resolution No. 4, adopted November 5, 1964, by Tlingit and 67 III TLINGIT AND HAIDA INDIANS OF ALASKA FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1965 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, The subcommittee met, pursuant to other business, at 10:20 a.m., in room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. James A. Haley (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. HALEY. The subcommittee will now proceed to the consideration of H.R. 874 by the gentleman from Alaska, Mr. Rivers. The bill and the report will be made a part of the record at this point in the proceedings. (The bill, H.R. 874, together with the Department report follows:) [H.R. 874, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend the Act of June 19, 1935 (49 Stat. 388), as amended, relating to the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 19, 1935 (49 Stat. 388), is amended by deleting sections 1, 7 and 8 thereof and substituting new sections 1, 7 and 8, to read as follows: "SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That for the purposes of this Act the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska shall be defined to be all those Indians of the whole or mixed blood of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes who are residing in the various local communities or areas in the United States. "SEC. 7. Upon submission to the Secretary of the Interior by the existing organization known as the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska or by a committee duly appointed by such central council, of rules prescribing the method of election of delegates to the central council which the Secretary finds to be equitable and to be designed to assure, to the extent feasible, fair representation on the central council to persons of Tlingit or Haida blood residing in the various local communities or areas in the United States, the Secretary, in his discretion, is authorized to approve such rules. The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians, composed of delegates elected in accordance with such approved rules and their duly elected successors in office, shall be the official Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians for purposes of this Act. Any amendments to such rules shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary. "SEC. 8. The amount of the appropriation made to pay and judgment in favor of said Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska, and such funds shall bear interest at the rate of 4 percentum per annum, and, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, may be advanced or expended for any purpose that is authorized by the official Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indians and approved by the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative. Any part of such funds that may be distributed per capita to persons of Tlingit or Haida blood shall not be subject to Federal or State income taxes." 1 |