[Senate Hearing 112-686]
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                                                        S. Hrg. 112-686

 
    IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ON TREATY RIGHTS, TRADITIONAL 
                    LIFESTYLES, AND TRIBAL HOMELANDS

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                                HEARING

                               before the

                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION

                               __________

                             JULY 19, 2012

                               __________

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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 July 19, 2012....................................     1
Statement of Senator Akaka.......................................     1
Statement of Senator Barrasso....................................    16
Statement of Senator Cantwell....................................    43
Statement of Senator Murkowski...................................    17

                               Witnesses

Akutagawa, Malia, Assistant Professor, William S. Richardson 
  School of Law..................................................    49
    Prepared statement...........................................    51
Chase, Joann K., Director, American Indian Environmental Office, 
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...........................     2
    Prepared statement...........................................     4
Dardar, Jr., Hon. Thomas, Principal Chief, United Houma Nation...    37
    Prepared statement...........................................    39
Davidson, Margaret A., Acting Director, Office of Ocean and 
  Coastal Resource Management, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce.    10
    Prepared statement...........................................    12
Hall, Hon. Tex ``Red Tipped Arrow'', Chairman, Mandan, Hidasta 
  and Arikara Nation.............................................    28
    Prepared statement...........................................    30
Frank, Jr., Billy, Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries 
  Commission.....................................................    44
    Prepared statement...........................................    45
Williams, Hon. Mike, Chief, Yupiit Nation........................    24
    Prepared statement...........................................    26

                                Appendix

Intertribal Timber Council, prepared statement...................    67
National Congress of American Indians, prepared statement........    70
Nisqually Indian Tribe, prepared statement.......................    72
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, prepared statement...................    73
San Carlos Apache Tribe, prepared statement......................    74


                   IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES 
                     ON TREATY RIGHTS, TRADITIONAL 
                    LIFESTYLES, AND TRIBAL HOMELANDS

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                        THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012


                                       U.S. Senate,
                               Committee on Indian Affairs,
                                                    Washington, DC.
    The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:34 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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