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H.R. 831, TO PROVIDE FOR AND APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN LAND CLAIMS OF THE BAY MILLS INDIAN COM- MUNITY; AND H.R. 2793, TO PROVIDE FOR AND APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT OF CER- TAIN LAND CLAIMS OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS. LEGISLATIVE HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Thursday, June 24, 2004 Serial No. 108-100 Printed for the use of the Committee on Resources ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house or Committee address: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 94-455 PS WASHINGTON : 2003 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 15:39 Sep 22, 2004 Jkt 088533 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 J:\DOCS\94455.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: KATHY COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES RICHARD W. POMBO, California, Chairman NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia, Ranking Democrat Member Don Young, Alaska Dale E. Kildee, Michigan W.J. ‘‘Billy’’ Tauzin, Louisiana Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Jim Saxton, New Jersey Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii Elton Gallegly, California Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland Calvin M. Dooley, California Ken Calvert, California Donna M. Christensen, Virgin Islands Scott McInnis, Colorado Ron Kind, Wisconsin Barbara Cubin, Wyoming Jay Inslee, Washington George Radanovich, California Grace F. Napolitano, California Walter B. Jones, Jr., North Carolina Tom Udall, New Mexico Chris Cannon, Utah Mark Udall, Colorado John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania Anı´bal Acevedo-Vila´, Puerto Rico Jim Gibbons, Nevada, Brad Carson, Oklahoma Vice Chairman Rau´ l M. Grijalva, Arizona Mark E. Souder, Indiana Dennis A. Cardoza, California Greg Walden, Oregon Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Guam Thomas G. Tancredo, Colorado George Miller, California J.D. Hayworth, Arizona Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts Tom Osborne, Nebraska Rube´n Hinojosa, Texas Jeff Flake, Arizona Ciro D. Rodriguez, Texas Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana Joe Baca, California Rick Renzi, Arizona Betty McCollum, Minnesota Tom Cole, Oklahoma Stevan Pearce, New Mexico Rob Bishop, Utah Devin Nunes, California Randy Neugebauer, Texas Steven J. Ding, Chief of Staff Lisa Pittman, Chief Counsel James H. Zoia, Democrat Staff Director Jeffrey P. Petrich, Democrat Chief Counsel (II) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 15:39 Sep 22, 2004 Jkt 088533 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 J:\DOCS\94455.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: KATHY CONTENTS Page Hearing held on Thursday, June 24, 2004 ............................................................ 1 Statement of Members: Carson, Hon. Brad, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oklahoma, Prepared statement of ............................................................... 84 Dingell, Hon. John D., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan .................................................................................................... 8 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 9 Gibbons, Hon. Jim, a Representative in Congress from the State of Nevada ........................................................................................................... 6 Kildee, Hon. Dale, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan ........................................................................................................ 5 Pallone, Hon. Frank, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey ............................................................................................... 7 Pombo, Hon. Richard W., a Representative in Congress from the State of California ................................................................................................... 1 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 2 Rahall, Hon. Nick J., II, a Representative in Congress from the State of West Virginia ............................................................................................ 3 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 3 Rogers, Hon. Mike, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan ........................................................................................................ 11 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 16 Letter submitted for the record ................................................................ 12 Stupak, Hon. Bart, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan ........................................................................................................ 17 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 22 Young, Hon. Don, a Representative in Congress from the State of Alaska . 4 Statement of Witnesses: Bennett, Hon. George, Tribal Councilor, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Oral statement of .................................................. 62 Black, William, Legislative and Community Affairs Director, Michigan International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Detroit, Michigan ..................... 78 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 79 Cummings, Richard, President, Michigan Machinists Council, Port Huron, Michigan ........................................................................................... 75 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 77 Falcon, Tribal Chief Audrey, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan ................................................................................ 72 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 74 Kewaygoshkum, Hon. Robert, Tribal Council Chairman, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Suttons Bay, Michigan, Prepared statement of .................................................................................. 63 Lambert, Hon. Alan R., Mayor, City of Romulus, Romulus Michigan ......... 50 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 52 Martin, Aurene, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. ........................................... 28 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 30 Neal, Hon. B. Mark, Mayor, City of Port Huron, Port Huron, Michigan .... 43 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 44 Parker, Hon. Jeff, President of the Executive Council, Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan, Brimley, Michigan .............................................. 38 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 40 (III) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 15:39 Sep 22, 2004 Jkt 088533 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 J:\DOCS\94455.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: KATHY IV Page Statement of Witnesses—Continued Shagen, Paul W., Esq., Senior Tribal Attorney, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ................ 45 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 47 Additional materials supplied: Deuman, Leanne Barnes, Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Thomas J. Veum, P.C., Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Statement submitted for the record ............................................................................................................. 21 Engler, Hon. John M., Former Governor, State of Michigan, Letter submitted for the record ............................................................................... 19 Kilpatrick, Hon. Kwame M., Mayor, City of Detroit, Michigan, Letter submitted for the record ............................................................................... 85 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 15:39 Sep 22, 2004 Jkt 088533 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 J:\DOCS\94455.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: KATHY LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 831, TO PRO- VIDE FOR AND APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN LAND CLAIMS OF THE BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY; AND H.R. 2793, TO PROVIDE FOR AND APPROVE THE SET- TLEMENT OF CERTAIN LAND CLAIMS OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIP- PEWA INDIANS. Thursday, June 24, 2004 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Resources Washington, DC The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:21 p.m., in Room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Richard W. Pombo [Chairman of the Committee] presiding. Present: Representatives Pombo, Young, Duncan, Jones, Gibbons, Hayworth, Flake, Rehberg, Cole, Pearce, Rahall, Kildee, Faleomavaega, Pallone, Christensen, Inslee, and Bordallo. Also Present on Dais: Representative Stupak. STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD POMBO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA The CHAIRMAN. The Committee on Resources will come to order. The Committee is meeting today to hear testimony on H.R. 831 and H.R. 2793. They are intended to settle land claims asserted by the Bay Mills Indian Community and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The bills are