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THE JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE 



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p. O, aOX 607 • DULCE. NEW MEXICO 87326.0507 



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TESTIMONY OF VICE PRESIDENT VELARDE 

 BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS 



February 18, 1993 



Oversight Hearing 

 Indian Fish and Wildlife Management and Enhancement 



Name and Capacity of Witness: 



Wainwright Velarde 



Vice President, Jicarilla Apache Tribe 



TESTIMONY 



Chairman Richardson and Members of the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs: 



My name is Wainwright Velarde. I am the Vice-President of the Jicarilla Apache 

 Tribe. With me today is Rudy Velarde, the Assistant Director of the Jicarilla Apache 

 Game and Fish Department. 



Fish and Wildlife Management by Indian Tribes is a topic of great importance to 

 my Tribe, and I am honored to be here today to discuss these issues with this 

 subcommittee. I will make some brief remarks, and then Rudy Velarde and I will respond 

 to any questions from the subcommittee. We have provided the subcommittee copies of 

 a more lengthy written statement summarizing the fish and wildlife management programs 

 of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe. 



The Jicarilla Apache Reservation is located in Northern New Mexico, within the 

 congressional district of the subcommittee chairman, Mr. Richardson. 



The Reservation consists of over 830,000 acres of land, all of which is held in trust 

 for the Tribe. Unlike many other Tribes, we do not have large tracts of non-Indian land 

 within our Reservation. Because of this solid land base, our Tribal Government is able to 

 manage our natural resources effectively, without the state trying to impose its own laws 

 and regulations on non-Indian lands within the reservation. 



