The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

The hearing took place on July 28, 2005, during the 109th Congress.

Witness List:

Panel I

MR. PAUL HOFFMAN, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

MR. PAUL BENDER, Professor of Law, Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, Arizona

MR. WALTER R. ECHO-HAWK, SR., Senior Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colorado

MS. PATRICIA M. LAMBERT, American Association of Physical Anthropologist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

MS. PAULA BARRAN, Attorney, Barran and Leibman, LLP, Portland, Oregon

Accompanied by: MR. ALAN L. SCHNEIDER, Director, Friends of America's Past, Portland, Oregon

PROFESSOR KEITH W. KINTIGH, Society for American Archaeology, Tempe, Arizona

MR. VAN HORN DIAMOND, Honolulu, Hawaii