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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is responsible for dealing with matters related to the American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples. A Committee on Indian Affairs existed from 1820 to 1947, but in the latter year it was folded into the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. A new Indian Affairs Committee was created in 1977, initially as a Select Committee, as a result of the detachment of indigenous affairs from the new Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, which had succeeded the old Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. The committee, which was initially intended to be temporary but was made permanent in 1984, tends to attract Senators from Western states, who have more Indian constituents.

Contents 1 Members 2 Previous committee membership 2.1 110th Congress (2007-2008) 2.2 109th Congress (2005-2006) 3 Committee activity 3.1 Abramoff scandal 4 Articles and Resources 4.1 References 4.2 External articles 4.3 External resources 5 Contact information

Members

Member	Party	State
Byron L. Dorgan	D	MD
Daniel K. Inouye	D	HI
Kent Conrad	D	ND
Daniel Akaka	D	HI
Tim Johnson	D	SD
Maria Cantwell	D	WA
Jon Tester	D	MT
Tom Udall	D	NM
John Barrasso	R	WY
John McCain	R	AZ
Tom Coburn	R	OK
Lisa Murkowski	R	AK
Mike Crapo	R	ID
Mike Johanns	R	NE

Previous committee membership

110th Congress (2007-2008)

Members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 110th Congress
Democrats:	Republicans:
Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota, Chairman Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Kent Conrad, North Dakota Daniel Akaka, Hawaii Tim Johnson, South Dakota Maria Cantwell, Washington Claire McCaskill, Missouri Jon Tester, Montana	Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Ranking Member Craig Thomas, Wyoming, Ranking Member (Died on 6/4/2007) John McCain, Arizona Pete Domenici, New Mexico Gordon Smith, Oregon Richard Burr, North Carolina Tom Coburn, Oklahoma John Barrasso, Wyoming

109th Congress (2005-2006)

Members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 109th Congress
Democrats:	Republicans:
Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota, Ranking Member Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Kent Conrad, North Dakota Daniel Akaka, Hawaii Tim Johnson, South Dakota Maria Cantwell, Washington	John McCain, Arizona, Chairman Pete Domenici, New Mexico Craig Thomas, Wyoming Gordon Smith, Oregon Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Michael Crapo, Idaho Richard Burr, North Carolina Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

Committee activity

Abramoff scandal

On June 26, 2007, J. Steven Griles, a former Department of the Interior official who pleaded guilty to lying under oath to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in March 2007, was sentenced to 10 months in prison. Griles lied regarding the access and influence he had given to Jack Abramoff on Indian casino issues.^[1]

Articles and Resources

Wikipedia also has an article on Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

References

1. ↑ Mike Soraghan, "Griles gets 10 months in prison," The Hill, June 26, 2007.

External articles

External resources

Contact information

Committee Web site

• Staff office - (202) 224-2251