Oversight Hearing
before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
on
Tribal Sovereign Immunity


Wednesday, March 11, 1998
9:30 a.m.
216 Hart Senate Building

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

VICE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT



WITNESS LIST


The Honorable Ernest J. Istook, Jr., Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

The Honorable Ray LaHood, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

PANEL I

Mr. Derril B. Jordan, Associate Solicitor, Division of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

ACCOMPANIED BY: Michael Anderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior

Mr. Thomas LeClaire, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

PANEL II

The Honorable Judge R.A. Randall, Minnesota State Court of Appeals, St. Paul, Minnesota

Mr. Michael Harris, Michael D. Harris Law Office, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Ms. Scott Morrison, Attorney at Law, Wilburton, Oklahoma

The Honorable Phillip Martin, Chief, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Philadelphia, Mississippi

The Honorable W. Ron Allen, President, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C., Chairman, Jamestown S'Klallam, Sequim, Washington

Mr. Mark Jarboe, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota

PANEL III

The Honorable Jeffrey Klein, Assemblyman, New York State Assembly, Albany, New York

Mr. John Lattauzio, Chief Executive Officer, J & J Mini-Markets, Alamogordo, New Mexico

Mr. Greg Love, Chairman of the Board, Love's Country Stores, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The Honorable Gregory E. Pyle, Chief, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant, Oklahoma

The Honorable David Kwail, President, Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona

Mr. Reid Chambers, Esq., Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Endreson, Washington, D.C.