[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S10840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mrs. BOXER:

  S. 2090. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain land in the 
State of California to the Hoopa Valley Tribe; to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources.


       THE HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION SOUTH BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ACT

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce 
legislation that would allow the Hoopa Valley Tribe to obtain lands of 
deep cultural and historical significance.
  The Hoopa Valley Tribe has resided in Hoopa Valley, beginning at the 
mouth of the Trinity River Canyon in Humbolt County for 10,000 years. 
In the 1950s, a settlement agreement between the Hoopa Valley Tribe and 
the United States Government designated a 12-by-12 mile area for the 
Hoopa Valley Reservation. When this land was surveyed and demarcated, a 
``dog-leg'' was created along the southern boundary which omitted 
certain lands the Tribe has deemed culturally and religiously 
significant.
  My legislation will remedy this situation by transferring 2,641 acres 
of the Six Rivers National Forest to the Hoopa Valley Tribe. I join the 
United States Forest Service in commending the Hoopa Valley Tribe for 
its history of natural resource management and expertise. This 
legislation enjoys broad bipartisan support in California and in the 
House, where it was sponsored by Congressman Frank Riggs.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill, so that we can quickly 
provide the Hoopa Valley Tribe with lands necessary to maintain their 
cultural and religious heritage.
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