June 19, 2001
United States Courthouse, Courtroom No. 1
515
Ninth Street
Rapid City, South Dakota
9:00 A.M. to 1:00
P.M.
WELCOME/INTRODUCTION
Judge Diana E. Murphy, Chair
OPENING PRAYER
Gregg Bourland, Chair, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
BACKGROUND ON COMMISSION/PURPOSE OF HEARING
Judge Diana E. Murphy, Chair
PANEL I
Elsie Meeks, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
John Yellow Bird Steele, President, Oglala Sioux Tribe
William Kindle, President, Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Gregg Bourland, Chair, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Michael Jandreau, Chair, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
PANEL II
Tom J. Peckham, Esq., Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Andrew Grey, Sr., Chair, Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe
Tom Ranfranz, Chair, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
Roxanne Sazue, Chair, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe (invited)
Madonna Archambeau, Chair, Yankton Sioux Tribe (invited)
Charles Murphy, Chair, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
PANEL III
The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, Chief United States District Judge
Michelle G. Tapken, Interim U.S. Attorney, South Dakota
Marlys Pecora, Victims Witness Specialist, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Pierre, South Dakota
Ted L. McBride, Esq.,Beadsley, Jensen & Von Wald, Rapid City, South Dakota
Robert Van Norman, Esq., Federal Public Defender, Rapid City, South Dakota
Lisa Thompson, Executive Director, Child Advocacy Center, Ft. Thompson, South Dakota
PANEL IV
Professor Frank R. Pommersheim, University of South Dakota School of Law
Terry L. Pechota, Esq., Viken, Viken, Pechota, Leach & Dewell, L.L.P.
Marty Hansford, District Manager, BIA
CLOSING REMARKS
Judge Diana E. Murphy, Chair
(Panel participants are subject to change.)