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So I do accept, with gratitude, the gentleman's gift, and it will 

 be placed prominently in my office. And maybe when we have a 

 peace pipe ceremony, you'll come and smoke with us in my office. 



I want to thank the gentleman for this gift. 



I think, without question, we definitely do have some very seri- 

 ous problems, and this issue was posed to Secretary Babbitt about 

 the need of our Native American community and the fish and wild- 

 hfe, their needs, not only on reservations but the relationship that 

 we have with the federal government, whether it be by regulation 

 or by law. 



I don't know. Seemingly, there seems to be some confusion or 

 just lack of any real sense of cooperation with the needs of our Na- 

 tive American commimity. 



So with that in mind, I want to proceed now and to hear fi'om 

 the testimonies of our friends here fi-om Wisconsin and Colorado 

 and fi*om South Dakota. 



And, so, Mr. Maulson, would you like to proceed? 



PANEL CONSISTING OF HON. THOMAS MAULSON, CHAIRMAN, 

 LAC DU FLAMBEAU BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA IN- 

 DIANS, WISCONSIN, ACCOMPANIED BY LARRY 

 WAWRONOWICZ, DIRECTOR, CHIPPEWA NATURAL RE- 

 SOURCES DEPARTMENT; JAMES H. SCHLENDER, EXECUTIVE 

 ADMINISTRATOR, THE GREAT LAKES INDIAN FISH & WILD- 

 LIFE COMMISSION, ODANAH, WI; KEN POYNTER, MEMBER, 

 PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE OF MAINE, AND ACTING EXECU- 

 TIVE DIRECTOR, NATIVE AMERICAN FISH & WILDLIFE SOCI- 

 ETY, BROOMFIELD, CO; AND FRED DUBRAY, COORDINATOR, 

 ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE AMERICAN BISON ENHANCE- 

 MENT PROJECT, CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE, EAGLE 

 BUTTE, SD, AND PRESIDENT, INTERTRIBAL BISON COOPER- 

 ATIVE 



STATEMENT OF HON. THOMAS MAULSON 



Mr. Maulson. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. 



First of all, I'd like to address this body and identify my Ojibwa 

 name is Badawiiasch and I come fi-om Wasagoning. Wasagoning is 

 known as Lac Du Flambeau in the English context. I'm an Ojibwa. 

 I am the Chairman of the Lac Du Flambeau Band, and my reserva- 

 tion is located in the north central part of Wisconsin, many hours 

 from here. 



It is approximately 144 square miles, 98,000 acres of land, in- 

 cluding 150 lakes, 34 miles of creeks and rivers and streams, en- 

 riched with hunting, fishing and all these things that were echoed 

 by the prior people here. 



I know you have our testimony, and I'd like to just oversee it 

 very hghtly. I hope that you will take that time because of the to- 

 bacco that we've brought here today to you, to take a lot of time 

 and listen, and see what Indian people are about today. 



We have a major struggle to control the resources on our reserva- 

 tion, my reservation, my people. Approximately 51 percent of our 

 reservation is owned by non- Indian people. 



Today, we have an enhancement project going on in reference to 

 making sure that our fish are plentiful for our people. But yet, the 



