Excerpt from American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Vol. 1: Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session Mr. Richardson. The hearing record is going to remain open for two weeks for anyone who wishes to submit a statement. For our witnesses today, let me state that, as you know, it's common prao tice for your entire statements to be made a part of the record and I ask that you please summarize your statements in five minutes. We have 11 witnesses today and the more valuable exchanges in these hearings are the question-and-answer sessions. So I will proceed to welcome the first panel and ask the Honor able Jerry Flute, the Field Director for the American Association of American Indian Affairs, to open up. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.