The House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 673: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 1575: To reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other purposes. (Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act)
• H.R. 2120: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now held in trust by the United States for that Indian tribe.

Subject:
House Natural Resources Committee
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 673, H.R. 1575 and H.R. 2120

When:
Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. (Or following the conclusion of the full committee markup of H.R. 2337)

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Congressman Bart Stupak (H.R. 1575, H.R. 2120), D-MI

Panel 2
Mr. George Skibine (H.R. 673, H.R. 1575, H.R. 2120), Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.; Accompanied by R. Lee Fleming, Director, Office of Federal Acknowledgment

Panel 3
Mr. Paul Soto (H.R. 673), Tribal Resource Planner, Cocopah Indian Tribe, Somerton, AZ
Chairman Curtis Chambers (H.R. 1575), Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Brutus, MI
Dr. Alice Littlefield (H.R. 1575), Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Central Michigan University, Omena, MI
Chairman Aaron Payment (H.R. 2120), Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Sault Ste. Marie, MI; Accompanied by Fred Paquin, Tribal Board of Directors, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, St. Ignace, MI