COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES RELATING
TO PROTECTION OF INDIAN NATURAL RESOURCES

Testimony of-

Atencio, Benny, chairman, All Indian Pueblo Council, accompanied

by Joa A. Quintana, lieutenant governor, Cochiti Pueblo, N. Mex.

Brown, Fritz, president, Quechan Tribal Council_

Burch, Leonard, chairman, Southern Ute Tribal Council, accompanied

by Frank Sam Maynes, attorney, and Chris Baker..

Butterfield, Angela, member of Fort Hall Business Council

Chino, Wendell, president, Mescalero Apache Tribal Council, ac-

companied by Frederick Peso, tribal councilman..

Costo, Rupert, president, American Indian Historical Society-

Covington, Lucy, secretary, Northwest Affiliated Tribes and Col-

ville Tribal Council...

Crossland, George, Native American Legal Defense Fund.

Dellwo, Robert, attorney for Coeur D'Alene Tribal Council, Spokane

and Kalispel Indian Tribes___

Ducheneaux, Franklin, legislative consultant, NCAI (on behalf of

Mr. Earl Old Person, chairman, National Congress of American

Indians)..

Ecohawk, John, Native American Rights Fund..

Edmo, Kesley, chairman, Fort Hall Business Council..

Fisher, Adrian, chairman, Colorado River Tribal Council..

Jim, Bob, chairman, Yakima Tribal Council, accompanied by Harvey

Adams and James Hovis (attorney).

La Sarte, Bernard, chairman, Coeur D'Alene Tribal Council..

Lane, Vernon, chairman, Lummi Business Council...

Murdock, Veronica, representing Confederation of Lower Colorado

River Tribes...

Olinger, Larry, chairman, Agua Caliente Tribal Council_

Sherwood, Alex, chairman, Spokane Business Council_

Simpson, Raymond C., attorney for Confederation of Lower Colorado

River Tribes..

Smartlowit, Stanley, chairman, Education and Credit Committee,
Yakima

Stillman, Frances, chairman, Fort Mojave Tribal Council
Tenorio, Frank, chairman of Water Committee, San Felipe.
Tonasket, Mel, chairman, Colville Tribal Council.

Totus, Watson, member, Land Committee, Yakima Indian Nation__
Veeder, William, water rights specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs___
Velarde, Hubert, vice chairman, Jacarilla Apache Tribal Council...
Wright, Mervin, chairman, Pyramid Lake Tribal Council_ _ _

Statements, letters, etc., submitted for the record by-

Atencio, Benny, chairman, All Indian Pueblo Council:

Prepared statement_

Letter from the National Tribal Chairmen's Association to

Commissioner Bruce concerning the Office of Indian Water

Rights, along with his separate views___

Statement concerning the proposed trust counsel bill

Letter received from the chairman of the Irrigation Committee

for the Middle Rio Grande Pueblos, with enclosure, relating

to the Pueblo water rights situation..

Burch, Leonard, chairman, Southern Ute Tribal Council: Prepared

statement__

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