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DEVELOPING A LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION TO THE INDIAN TRUST FUND LAWSUIT
OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSIONMonday, November 3, 2003, in Mesa, Arizona
Serial No. 108-77
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COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES
RICHARD W. POMBO, California,
Chairman
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia,
 RankingDemocratMember
Don Young, Alaska W.J. ‘‘Billy’’ Tauzin, Louisiana Jim Saxton, New Jersey Elton Gallegly, California John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland Ken Calvert, California Scott McInnis, Colorado Barbara Cubin, Wyoming George Radanovich, California Walter B. Jones, Jr., North Carolina Chris Cannon, Utah John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania Jim Gibbons, Nevada,
Vice Chairman
Mark E. Souder, Indiana Greg Walden, Oregon Thomas G. Tancredo, Colorado J.D. Hayworth, Arizona Tom Osborne, Nebraska Jeff Flake, Arizona Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana Rick Renzi, Arizona Tom Cole, Oklahoma Stevan Pearce, New Mexico Rob Bishop, Utah Devin Nunes, California Randy Neugebauer, Texas Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey Calvin M. Dooley, California Donna M. Christensen, Virgin Islands Ron Kind, Wisconsin Jay Inslee, Washington Grace F. Napolitano, California Tom Udall, New Mexico Mark Udall, Colorado  Anı´bal Acevedo-Vila´, Puerto Rico Brad Carson, Oklahoma Rau´l M. Grijalva, Arizona Dennis A. Cardoza, California Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Guam George Miller, California Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts Rube´n Hinojosa, Texas Ciro D. Rodriguez, Texas Joe Baca, California Betty McCollum, MinnesotaSteven J. Ding,
Chief of Staff
Lisa Pittman,
Chief Counsel
James H. Zoia,
 Democrat Staff Director
Jeffrey P. Petrich,
 Democrat Chief Counsel
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CONTENTS
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Hearing held on Monday, November 3, 2003........................................................1Statement of Members: Flake, Hon. Jeff, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona.5Grijalva, Hon. Raul M., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona......................................................................................................4Hayworth, Hon. J.D., a Representative in Congress from the State of  Arizona...........................................................................................................2Prepared statement of...............................................................................3Renzi, Hon. Rick, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona5Statement of Witnesses: Berrey, John, Intertribal Monitoring Association of Indian Trust Funds,  Albuquerque, New Mexico............................................................................11Prepared statement of...............................................................................14Chavez, Ervin, Shii Shi Keyah Association, Bloomfield, New Mexico.........18Prepared statement of...............................................................................20Garcia, Calvert, President, Nageezi Chapter, Navajo Nation......................16Prepared statement of...............................................................................17Ramos, Joni, President, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Scottsdale, Arizona.......................................................................................6Prepared statement of...............................................................................9 Additional materials supplied: McDowell, Nora, Chairwoman, Fort Mojave Tribal Council of Arizona, Statement submitted for the record............................................................40
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