[Senate Hearing 112-431]
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                                                        S. Hrg. 112-431
 
 THE AMERICAN INDIAN PROBATE REFORM ACT: EMPOWERING INDIAN LAND OWNERS 

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                                HEARING

                               before the

                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                             AUGUST 4, 2011

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                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

                   DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii, Chairman
                 JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming, Vice Chairman
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii             JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
KENT CONRAD, North Dakota            LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota            JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington           MIKE CRAPO, Idaho
JON TESTER, Montana                  MIKE JOHANNS, Nebraska
TOM UDALL, New Mexico
AL FRANKEN, Minnesota
      Loretta A. Tuell, Majority Staff Director and Chief Counsel
     David A. Mullon Jr., Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel



                            C O N T E N T S

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Hearing held on August 4, 2011...................................     1
Statement of Senator Akaka.......................................     1

                               Witnesses

Berrey, Hon. John L., Chairman, Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.........     2
    Prepared statement with attachment...........................     4
Gipp, David, Vice President, Great Plains Region, National 
  Congress of American Indians...................................    10
    Prepared statement...........................................    11
Nash, Douglas, Director, Center for Indian Law and Policy, 
  Institute for Indian Estate Planning and Probate, Seattle 
  University School of Law.......................................    19
    Prepared statement...........................................    21
Redthunder, Sharon, Acting Director, Indian Land Working Group...    33
    Prepared statement with attachment...........................    35
Russell, Esq., Majel M., General Counsel, Coalition of Large 
  Tribes (COLT)..................................................    26
    Prepared statement...........................................    28

                                Appendix

Ike, Leona A., Yakama Nation, prepared statement.................    49
Sanders, Helen, Quinalt Reservation, prepared statement..........    48
Valandra, Cheryl Three Stars, Attorney, Indian Estate Planning 
  Project, Dakota Plains Legal Services, prepared statement......    45


 THE AMERICAN INDIAN PROBATE REFORM ACT: EMPOWERING INDIAN LAND OWNERS

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                        THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011


                                       U.S. Senate,
                               Committee on Indian Affairs,
                                                    Washington, DC.
    The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:15 p.m. in room 
628, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Akaka, 
Chairman of the Committee, presiding.

          OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. DANIEL K. AKAKA, 
                    U.S. SENATOR FROM HAWAII
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