Akaka Holding Senate Hearing on Federal Recognition

U.S. Sen. Dan Akaka has announced he’s holding a hearing Thursday to “examine the process of recognizing tribes through the Administrative and Congressional processes.”

The hearing starts at 8:15 a.m. Hawaii time and can be watched here.

Witnesses include:

• Bryan Newland, Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior
• Stephen R. Adkins, Chief, Chickahominy Indian Tribe
• Paul Brooks, Chairman, Lumbee Tribe
• John Norwood, Co-Chair, National Congress of American Indian Taskforce on Federal Acknowledgment
• K. Jerome Gottschalk, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund
• Michael J. Anderson, Owner, Anderson Indian Law

— Michael Levine