Y 4.IN 2/11:S.HRG.107-88 FED-DOCS S. HRG. 107-88 GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON TO RECEIVE THE VIEWS OF THE ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY 72-438 CC MAY 10, 2001 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office DEPOSITORY Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 AUG 3 0 2001 STANFORD UNIVERSITY JONSSON LIBRARY COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado, Chairman FRANK MURKOWSKI, Alaska JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona, PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma KENT CONRAD, North Dakota DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii PAUL WELLSTONE, Minnesota BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota PAUL MOOREHEAD Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel (II) CONTENTS Page Bullard, Loretta, executive director, Kawerak Inc., Nome, AK Herdman, Vernita, advocacy coordinator, Rural Alaska Community Ac- Hoefferle, Terry, chief of operations, Bristol Bay Native Association Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii, vice chairman, Com- Kitka, Julie, president, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage, AK McNeil, Chris, president and CEO, Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, AK Murkowski, Hon. Frank H., U.S. Senator from Alaska Nicolai, Matthew, president and CEO, Calista Corporation, Anchorage, GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2001 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:45 p.m., in room 485 Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (vice chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators Inouye and Murkowski. STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, U.S. SENATOR FROM ALASKA Senator MURKOWSKI (assuming Chair]. We have a few votes on. Senator Inouye is chairing this hearing and he is coming over immediately. We have Norm Ream, president of the Thirteenth Regional Corporation; Julie Roberts, a board member of the AFN; Ed Thomas, president of the Tlingit and Haida Central Council; Roy Hundorff, cochair of the AFN board; and I do not know who else I have missed. Have we missed anybody? Yes, we have missed several. We have Mike Williams, Vernita Herdman, Matthew Nicolai, Ed Thomas. Who else have I missed? Chris McNeil. I do not know how many witnesses we have got. Of course, we have got Julie, who arranged this, but she did not give me a list of everybody who was supposed to be here. She and I were supposed to meet one-half hour ago to get the list. But we have got Al Ketzler, of course, in the front row; Loretta Bullard; Rita Stevens. Now, have I missed anybody? This is supposedly the witness list. If we have got anymore, we will somehow manage to accommodate additional wit nesses. In any event, we do thank you for appearing. You have got an important message to give us, and we want to get the views of the AFN with regard to this oversight committee hearing. As you may or may not know, I am the senior member of the Committee on Indian Affairs on the Republican side. I value the fact that my constituents have come such a great distance to present their focus on the important issues before Alaska's Native community. I certainly appreciate the fact that we are here holding this hearing today and on the issues that are of importance to you folks as well as the U.S. Senate. This time change was made to accommodate me particularly because I had an extensive hearing this morning with the Secretary |