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Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations

Chair: Sen. Spencer Coggs
Vice-Chair:  Rep. Jeffrey Mursau
Legislative Council Staff: David L. Lovell and Heidi Frechette
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The Special Committee is directed to study issues relating to American Indians and the American Indian tribes and bands in this state and develop specific recommendations and legislative proposals relating to these issues.  [s. 13.83 (3), Stats.]

August 27, 2009 Meeting in Lac du Flambeau, WI
A meeting of tribal police chiefs, tribal attorneys, county sheriffs, county corporation counsels, and members of the Joint Legislative Council's Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations, relating to mutual assistance between tribal police departments and county sheriff's departments, will be held on Thursday, August 27, 2009, in Lac du Flambeau, WI.  This is not a meeting of the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations, but will be held at the direction of the Special Committee to provide input and generate recommendations for the Special Committee on that subject.
  • Memorandum to Invitees to August 27, 2009 Meeting on Mutual Assistance Between Tribal and County or Municipal Law Enforcement Officers, from David L. Lovell, Senior Analyst, Background Memorandum for Meeting (August 21, 2009).
  • Memorandum to Senator Spencer Coggs, from David L. Lovell, Senior Analyst, Background and Policy Options Related to the Opinion of the Attorney General on the Subject of Law Enforcement Mutual Assistance Between Tribal and County or Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies (August 21, 2009).
    • Attachment 1, Letter to Mr. Thomas Wiensch, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Oneida County, Rhinelander, WI, from J.B. Van Hollen, Attorney General (October 1, 2008).
    • Attachment 2, Remarks of Assistant Attorney General Thomas C. Bellavia (December 16, 2008).
    • Attachment 3, Definitions in Current Statutes.
    • Attachment 4, Selected Statutes.
August 20, 2009 Meeting
  • Table, Status as of August 20, 2009, Recommendations of the 2008-10 Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations Introduced by the Joint Legislative Council in the 2009-10 Legislative Session.
  • Remarks from Jim De Nomie, Voices from the Circle Radio, Hainesville, IL.
  • The Myth of Indian Gaming, submitted by James De Nomie, excerpt from Honor Digest, Vol. 12, No. 1. (Jan./Feb. 2001).
  • Remarks of Gwen Carr, National Urban Indian Policy Coalition (August 19. 2009)
  • Document, Report to White House Domestic Council on Native Americans, submitted by Gwen Carr, National Urban Indian Policy Coalition (April 10, 1995).
  • Article, Urban Indians:  The Invisible Minority, March/April 1996 Issue of Povery & Race, submitted by Gwen Carr, National Urban Indian Policy Coalition.
  • Report, Urban Indian America, The Status of American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families Today, submitted by Gwen Carr, National Urban Indian Policy Coalition.
  • Testimony, submitted by Hope Johnson, Gerald L. Ignace Health Center.
  • Testimony, submitted by Darren E. Kroenke, Executive Director, Spotted Eagle, Inc.
June 4, 2009 Meeting
  • Map with directions to the Rib Mountain Municipal Center, Wausau.
  • PowerPoint presentation by Kris M. Goodwill, Ho-Chunk Department of Justice, Wisconsin's Codification of the Indian Child Welfare Act (June 4, 2009).
  • Written testimony by Richie Plass, Director of Education, Changing Winds Advocacy Center (June 4, 2009).
  • "The Eagle Feather" submitted by Barbara Munson, Oneida Nation.
  • Poster, "Teach Respect Not Racism," submitted by Barbara Munson, Oneida Nation.
  • Pamphlet, Teach Respect No Racism, submitted by Barbara Munson, Oneida Nation.
  • Handout, Common Themes and Questions About the Use of "Indian" Logos, submitted by Barbara E. Munson, Oneida Nation.
Report to the Legislature
Recommendations to the Joint Legislative Council (March 26, 2009)
  • Results of the March 26, 2009 Meeting.
  • Proposed Report to the Legislature 2009-04, Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations (February 4, 2009).
  • LRB-1241/1, relating to providing benefits to tribal schools and tribal school pupils and staff similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and staff.
  • LRB-1366/1, relating to administration of grant funds under the county-tribal cooperative law enforcement program.
  • LRB-1367/1, relating to liability for the actions of tribal law enforcement officers when enforcing state law.
December 16, 2008 Meeting
  • Memo No. 1, Suggested Topics for Study by the 2008-10 Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations (December 4, 2008).  Enclosures are as follows:
    • Letter, submitted by Andrew Adams, III, General Counsel, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, to Representative Jeffrey Mursau, Chair of the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations (October 8, 2008).
    • Correspondence from Agnes Fleming, Lac Courte Oreille Tribal Governing Board Councilmember, to Representative Jeffrey Mursau, Chair of the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.
    • Letter from Mark Montano, Director of Tribal Relations, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
    • Letter, submitted by Representative Jim Soletski, to Representative Jeffrey Mursau, Chair of the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations (October 14, 2008).
    • Letter and chart, submitted by Jeremy Weso, Administrator Manager, MITW-Department of Administration, on behalf of Ken Fish, Tribal Legislator, MITW (October 15, 2008).
    • Letter from Florence Petri, Chair, Wisconsin Tribal Aging Directors Association, to Rose Soulier, Chairwoman, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
  • Memo No. 2, Legislation Recommended by the 2006-08 Special Committee on  State-Tribal Relations (December 5, 2008).
    • Table, Recommendations of the 2006-08 Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations Introduced by the Joint Legislative Council in the 2007-08 Legislative Session (Status as of December 1, 2008).
    • RL 2007-02, Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations (March 22, 2007).

  • WLC: 0352/1, relating to providing benefits and protections to tribal schools and tribal school pupils and staff similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and staff and making an appropriation.

  • WLC: 0354/1, relating to liability for actions of tribal law enforcement officers when enforcing state laws.

  • WLC: 0355/1, relating to administration of grant funds under the county-tribal cooperative law enforcement program.

  • Opinion of the Attorney General, OAG 8-08, dated October 1, 2008, relating to mutual assistance requests between a law enforcement agency operated by a Wisconsin Indian tribe and a law enforcement agency operated by the State of Wisconsin or a political subdivision of the state. 

  •  Letter, dated January 15, 2008, from Attorney General Van Hollen, regarding the county-tribal cooperative law enforcement program.

  • Table, posted to Department of Justice website on December 12, 2008, regarding the 2008 grants under the county-tribal cooperative law enforcement program.

  • Comments to the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations, submitted by Cyrus Behroozi, Administrator, Division of Safety and Permanence, Department of Children and Families (December 16, 2008).

  • Information distributed by the Wisconsin Indian Business Alliance.

  • Remarks of Assistant Attorney General Thomas c. Bellavia (December 16, 2008).