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Fond Du Lac Reservation 



Business Committee 



(Attachment A) 



105 Univcisily Road. 

 Clo<|uci. MN 55720 

 Plume ;:iS)S79-'.593 

 P.i5C218)S79-414fi 



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RobCTi B- Peacock 



SecTciary/Trcasurcr 

 Pclct J- Dcfoc 



Dist- I Councitman 

 Cliflon Rabidcaui 



DisL II Councilman 

 Herman Wise 



DisL III Councilman 

 George Dupuis 



Excculive Dircclor 

 I. Jean Mulder 



January 4, 1993 



Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs 

 Attn: Patricia M. Zell or Pete Taylor 

 838 Senate Hart Office Building 

 Washington, D.C. 20510 



Dear Mr. Chairman and Honored Committee Members: 



The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is 

 actively engaged in the management and enhancement of 

 natural resources under jurisdiction of the Band. In the 

 past we were dependent upon the federal government to 

 provide technical assistance for management purposes. 

 The Fond du Lac Band wishes to continue the development 

 of our resource management capabilities. In order to 

 develop and maintain these capabilities, the Band needs 

 equitable access to the sources of funds which sustain 

 State fish and wildlife management programs; the Federal 

 Aid in Sport Fish & Wildlife Restoration Programs 

 (Dingell-Johnson/Pittman Robertson/Wallop-Breaux) . 



These programs currently are not available for Tribal 

 management of fish and wildlife resources which is 

 inequitable and discriminatory in view of the fact that 

 these programs are financed through taxes on fishing and 

 hunting equipment and boat fuel which is paid by both 

 Band members and non-Band members utilizing tribal fish 

 and wildlife resources. 



The Band hereby requests that an equitable mechanism be 

 established to distribute federal funds to tribal 

 governments for participation in all federal fish, 

 wildlife and recreational enhancement programs, 

 especially the Dingell-Johnson/Pittman Robertson/Wallop- 

 Breaux, North American Wetlands Conservation Act, and the 

 Land and Water Act. 



Oyr. request of support Wouid^ assist us .in develppiijg; P<ir' 

 ■ internal management Capabilities', thus protecting 'the'.. : , 

 resources that are essential to our well-being. 



Sincerely, 



Robert B. Peacock 

 Chairman 



