[Senate Hearing 112-416]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
S. Hrg. 112-416
THE CARCIERI CRISIS: THE RIPPLE EFFECT ON JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN INDIAN COUNTRY
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HEARING
before the
COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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OCTOBER 13, 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 October 13, 2011................................. 1
Statement of Senator Akaka,...................................... 1
Statement of Senator Barrasso.................................... 2
Prepared statement........................................... 2
Statement of Senator Johnson..................................... 2
Witnesses
Artman, Carl J., Professor of Practice, Director, Economic
Development in Indian Country Program, Arizona State University
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law............................. 39
Prepared statement........................................... 41
Cole, Hon. Tom, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma................ 3
Prepared statement........................................... 5
Echo Hawk, Hon. Larry, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, U.S.
Department of the Interior; accompanied by Donald Laverdure,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, and Jodi
Gillette, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy and Economic
Development.................................................... 6
Prepared statement........................................... 8
Guest, Richard, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund...... 17
Prepared statement with attachments.......................... 18
Lomax, William, President, Native American Finance Officers
Association.................................................... 36
Prepared statement........................................... 38
Routel, Colette, Assistant Professor, William Mitchell College of
Law............................................................ 30
Prepared statement........................................... 31
Appendix
Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii, prepared
statement...................................................... 51
Iyall, Hon. William, Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, prepared
statement...................................................... 62
McIntosh, Paul, Executive Director, California State Association
of Counties, prepared statement with attachment................ 51
THE CARCIERI CRISIS: THE RIPPLE EFFECT ON JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN INDIAN COUNTRY
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
U.S. Senate,
Committee on Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC.
The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:40 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