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Witness lists for Senate Indian Affairs Committee's hearings

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold two hearings tomorrow.

The first is a nomination hearing for Vince Logan, a member of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma, to serve as the Special Trustee for American Indians. The witness list follows:

THE HONORABLE JOHN RED EAGLE, Principal Chief, Osage Nation
MR. VINCENT G. LOGAN, nominee to serve as Special Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, U.S. Department of the Interior

The nomination hearing will be immediately followed by an oversight hearing on the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations. The witness list follows:

Panel I
MR. LAWRENCE ROBERTS, Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, U. S. Department of the Interior

Panel II
THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY GREENE, Chairman, Makah Tribal Council

THE HONORABLE IVAN POSEY, Chairman, Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council

THE HONORABLE GRANT STAFNE, Councilman, Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation

The proceedings will take place at 2pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Committee Notices:
NOMINATION HEARING to consider the President's Nomination of Vincent G. Logan, to be Special Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior. (December 11, 2013)
OVERSIGHT HEARING to receive testimony on "Implementation of the Department of the Interior's Land Buy-Back Program." (December 11, 2013)