The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on trust reform this morning.

The witness list is as follows:
Jim Cason, Interior Department, accompanied by Special Trustee Ross Swimmer
Tex Hall, National Congress of American Indians President
Jim Gray, Chief of Osage Nation
Charles Colombe, Chairman of Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Darrell Hillaire, Chairman of Lummi Nation
Elouise Cobell, lead plaintiff in Cobell v. Norton

The hearing will be preceded by a business committee meeting that starts at 9:30am. A live audio-only broadcast is available at http://indian.senate.gov.

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
Senate Indian Affairs Committee - http://indian.senate.gov

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