The witnesses for today's Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on the ongoing reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs are as follows:

Panel I
Dave Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
Ross Swimmer, Special Trustee

Panel II
Tex Hall, President, National Congress of American Indians
Joe Shirley Jr., President, Navajo Nation
Ed Thomas, President, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Harold Frazier, President, Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association; Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
Clifford Lyle Marshall, Chairman, Hoopa Valley Tribe of California.

Testimony of the witnesses should be published at http://indian.senate.gov/2004hrgs/031004hrg/031004wit_list.htm sometime after the hearing, depending on the committee.

The hearing begins at 9:30 a.m. in Senate Russell Building Room 485. There will be no audio or video broadcast.

Relevant Links:
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Cobell v. Norton, Department of Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/cases/cobell/index.htm
Indian Trust, Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/indiantrust

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