RICHARD H. HOUGHTON III, Republican Counsel on Native American Affairs EROI A A JUC

CONTENTS

Hearing held: March 16, 1993

Background information

Member statements:

Bill Richardson

Craig Thomas

Tim Johnson .......

Witness statements:

Gene R. Haislip, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion

Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Jus-

tice.......

Panel consisting of:

Craig Dorsay, attorney at law, Meyer & Wyse, Portland OR, on

behalf of Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, MT ........

Douglas J. Long, president, Native American Church of North Amer-

ica (NACNA), Winnebago, Canada .......

Robert Whitehorse, president, Native

Navajoland (NACNL), Cortez, CO

American Church of

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Gus Palmer, elder, Koawa and Apache Chapter, Native American

Church, Anadarko, OK, accompanied by Henry Ware, member,

Iowa Chapter, Native American Church

Panel consisting of:

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Karen Atkinson, tribal attorney, Confederated Salish and Kootenai

Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Pablo, MT.....

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Hon. Vernon Masayesva, chairman, Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, AZ

Mark A. Powless, tribal advocate, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wiscon-

sin ........

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Panel consisting of:

Ben Carnes, Chahta Nation, director, Spiritual Alliance for Native

Prisoners, Oklahoma City, OK

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Bud Johnston, enrolled member, Bad River, Northern Wisconsin,

Chippewa, on behalf of the Pipestone Native American Community,

Sioux Falls, SD

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Additional material submitted by witnesses during the hearing:

Douglas Long:

1. Jay Fikes, Ph.D., "Native American Church Background Informa-

tion Concerning the History, Legal Status and the Need for Federal

Legislation," (February 1992)

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2. NACNA Resolution (August 3, 1991) in support of Federal legisla-

tion.......

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3. NACNA Resolution (May 11, 1990) establishing the Religious
Freedom Project of the Native American Church

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4. Resolutions and exhibits of support for Federal legislation
5. Membership list for American Indian Religious Freedom Coalition
6. Chart of State and Federal exemptions for religious use of peyote
7. Letter from DEA to NACNA

Robert Whitehorse:

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Additional material submitted by witnesses during the hearing-Continued

Robert Whitehorse-Continued

8. Resolution of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee of the

Navajo Nation Council

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9. Statement of Peterson Zah, president of the Navajo Nation

10. Resolution of the Diné Traditional Healing Science Practitioners

11. State of Arizona Senate Concurrent Memorial 1001

12. State of New Mexico Joint Memorial 15

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Karen Atkinson, Esq.:

1. Copies of the application form and guidelines from Region Two

and Region Six, Fish and Wildlife Service, on "How to obtain

eagles, feathers or parts for religious use"

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2. Acknowledgment letter from the Fish and Wildlife Service notify-

ing applicant of 24-month delay on eagle feathers requests

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Bud Johnston:

1. Resolution of the Pipestone Dakota Indian Community requesting

exemption from future amendments to P.L. 95-314 .....

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2. Letter to the National Congress of American Indians (N.C.A.I.)

from the Pipestone Dakotah Community .........

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3. Statement in support of resolution proposed by the Minnesota

State Indian Affairs Counsel .........

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4. Listing of quarriers from different Tribal groups from 1971

through 1990 and quarry photographs

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MARCH 16, 1993

Additional material submitted for the record from:

Native American Church of North America and Native American Church

of Navajoland, Inc.: Supplemental testimony of Douglas J. Long, presi-

dent, NACNA, and Robert Billy Whitehorse, president, NACNL, re-

garding the traditional use of peyote

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of The Flathead Nation, St.

Ignatius, MT: Prepared statement of Clarence Woodcock, director, Flat-

head Culture Committee

The Temple of Lono, Hawaii: Prepared statement of Clive L. Cabral,

Secretary, regarding proposed amendments to the American Indian

Religious Freedom Act

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Native American_Religious Freedom Project: Prepared statement of Reu-

ben A. Snake, Jr., coordinator .....

Native American Church of Oklahoma: Prepared statement of Ed Red

Eagle, Jr., vice president, concerning the traditional use of peyote

Ka Lahui Hawai'i: Prepared statement of Mililani B. Trask, Kia'aina,

Hilo, Hawaii, regarding the joint resolution American Indian Religious

Freedom Act of 1993 .....

David S. Clark, Navajo Reservation, Teesto, Arizona: Prepared statement

on traditional use of peyote in Native American Church

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