Here is the witness list for today's Senate Indian Affairs Committee oversight hearing on federal recognition.

Panel I
M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut

Panel II
Earl E. Devaney, Inspector General of the Interior Department
Lee Fleming, Director of the Office of Federal Acknowledgment

Panel III
Richard Velky, Chief of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Connecticut
Stephen Adkins, Chief of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia
John Barnett, Chairman of the Cowlitz Tribe of Washington
Kathleen J. Bragdon, Professor, College of William and Mary
Ken Cooper, Town Action to Save Kent (TASK)

The hearing begins at 9:30 am in SD-106. A live hearing link will be available at http://indian.senate.gov.

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