Y4. In 813: Al 31 PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION OF TRIBE IN 34-2 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION C ON PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATUTORY DEFINI- Abourezk, Hon. James, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota___ Antioquia, Clarence, Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaska---- Baines, Conrad, Jr., executive director, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corp., accompanied by Robert Willard, executive director, Tlingit and Haida Contractors Association, Juneau, Alaska___. Brady, Isabelle, president, Tlingit and Haida Chapter, Sitka, Alaska-- Gravel, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska.... Hotch, Joe, president, IRA Council, Chilkat Village, Inc-. Hotch, Steve, secretary, IRA Council, Chilkat Village, Inc-- Katzeek, David, vice president, Tlingit and Haida Community Council.... Leask, Hon. Wally, mayor, Metlakatla, Alaska-- Lewis, Barbara, grand camp president, Alaska Native Sisterhood__ Paddock, Raymond E., Jr., president, central council, Tlingit and Haida Thomas, Ed, chairman, Indian reorganization council, Ketchikan Indian Corp., accompanied by Doug Modig, chairman, Johnson-O'Malley parent Abourezk, Hon. James, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota_. Degnan, Frances, treasurer, Unalakleet Native Village Council. Gravel, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska--- Jack, Carl, director, health services, Alaska Federation of Natives__ Kito, Sam, Jr., president, Alaska Federation of Natives, Inc.; accompanied Larson, Jeanmarie, president, Cook Inlet Native Association__ Peterson, Frank, executive director, Kodiak Area Native Association__ Skaflestad, Vera, executive director, Aleut League___ Stevens, Hon. Ted, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska___ Tiepelman, Dennis, president, Mauneluk Association, Kotzebue, Alaska-- 112, 115 Borbridge, Hon. John, Commissioner of the American Indian Policy Re- view Commission__. Bruno, Joseph, representing the United Villages__ Carlo, Lucy, director, Fairbanks Native Association__-- Demientieff, Mitch, past village council chief, Village Corp. Endever, Jimmy, Yupiktuk Bista, Inc_. Fredriks, Glen, president, Kuskokwim Native Association--- Gravel, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska_ Hoffman, Edward, Sr., president, Association of Village Council Presi- Napolian, Harold, contracting officer, Yupiktuk Bista, Inc., Association 121 Richards, Tom, director, Native service, Tanana Chiefs Conference_ Stevens, Hon. Ted, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska--- Three Stars, Peter P., superintendent, Bethel Agency, Bureau of Indian 132, 140 Worle, Rosita, Tlingit- 190 Appendix I-Legislative history of the Indian Finance Act- Appendix II-Additional material submitted for the record by Raymond E. Paddock, president, Tlinglit and Haida Central Council-- Appendix III-Assessing the implications of the present definition of tribe(s) contained in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Appendix IV-Additional statements and communications submitted for PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION OF TRIBE IN ALASKA RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 93-638 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1976 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Juneau, Alaska. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 1:25 p.m., in courtroom A, State Court and Office Building, Hon. James Abourezk presiding. Present: Senators Abourezk, Gravel, Stevens and Commissioner John Borbridge, American Indian Policy Review Commission. Also present: Tony Strong, professional staff member. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES ABOUREZK, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Senator ABOUREZK. The Indian Affairs Subcommittee hearings will come to order. My name is Senator James Abourezk of South Dakota, chairman of the Indian Affairs Subcommittee. I would like to yield at this time for a statement from Alaska Senator Mike Gravel. STATEMENT OF HON. MIKE GRAVEL, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF ALASKA Senator GRAVEL. Thank you very much, Jim. Senator Stevens and Mr. Borbridge will be joining us in a moment, but we did want to get the hearings underway since we are late in getting started and we have a large number of witnesses to be heard. I think it is important to appreciate the time constraint that we are under and that forcibly statements will have to be limited if we are to hear everybody involved. I am sure that the committee will have the record open to receive statements from individuals who do not get a chance to make them orally. I am personally very grateful to Senator Abourezk, who is taking up his time on this Labor Day weekend to fly to Alaska rather than to his own State, South Dakota, where he would have been attending various affairs and being very visible to his own constituency, but coming to Alaska and becoming informed on a very esoteric problem-not so esoteric to you, the Native community, because it involves rights of yours and involves your capability within the socioeconomic community of Alaska and the Nation, but esoteric from another point of view, because it deals with definitional problems, and so these hear |