S. HRG. 107-770 GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA TRIBES HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON TO RECEIVE THE VIEWS ON THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Chairman BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado, Vice Chairman Bourland, Gregg J., chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chytka, Ellsworth, spokesperson, Yankton Sioux Tribe Duke, Ron, Oglala Sioux Tribe, chairman, Oglala Nation Education Coali- Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii, chairman, Committee Johnson, Hon. Tim, U.S. Senator from South Dakota Kindle, William, president, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Ranfranz, Thomas, president, Flandreau Santee Tribe Steele, John Yellow Bird, president, Oglala Sioux Tribe 44 47 Ta-Sunka-Luzahan, Celestia Agnes, member, Oglala Sioux Tribe Note: Other material submitted for the record retained in committee GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA TRIBES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2002 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, Rapid City, SD. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2 p.m. in the Central High School Cafeteria, 433 Mount Rushmore Road North, Rapid City, SD, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators Inouye and Johnson. STATEMENT OF HON. DANIEL K. INOUYE, U.S. SENATOR FROM HAWAII, CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS The CHAIRMAN. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is convening this hearing in Rapid City at the request of your respected Senator, Senator Tim Johnson. We are here to receive testimony on the goals and priorities of the tribal governments that make their home in what is now the State of South Dakota, but which was once all Indian country. I am especially pleased to be in the land of the great sacred place. We are here in recognition of your sovereignty, your government-to-government relationship with the United States, and we are here because we have two great men who represent you in the U.S. Senate who are among the strongest advocates in the Congress for your rights as sovereign nations and as native people. I am honored this afternoon to share this table with Senator Tim Johnson because as you know, both during his tenure in the House of Representatives and now in the U.S. Senate, he has worked tirelessly to champion your cause and there can be no doubt that he cares and cares deeply about the native people of South Dakota. So before I call upon the witnesses to receive their testimony, I am pleased and honored to call upon your colleague, my colleague on the Committee on Indian Affairs, and my friend and your friend, Senator Tim Johnson. Senator Johnson. STATEMENT OF HON. TIM JOHNSON, U.S. SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA Senator JOHNSON. Thank you. Chairman Inouye, it is an honor and pleasure to welcome you to South Dakota. Thank you for holding this oversight hearing on the goals and priorities of the great Sioux Nations of South Dakota. I |