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Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations

Chair: Rep. Jeffrey Mursau
Vice Chair: Sen. Spencer Coggs
Legislative Council Staff:  David Lovell and David Moore
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The 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.]

September 12, 2011 Meeting (Lac du Flambeau, WI)
  • Memo No. 1, Options Related to Permitting Appointment of a Member to the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations Who Resides Off-Reservation (November 9, 2010).
  • Memo No. 2, Funding of Transportation Services for Tribal Elders (September 6, 2011).
    • Enclosure 1, Letter to Representative Jeffrey Mursau, Chair of the Special Committee, from Gregg Duffek, Stockbridge-Munsee Community, and member of the Special Committee, regarding state funding for transportation services to tribal elders.
    • Enclosure 2, 2011-13 Tribal Gaming Revenue Appropriations.
  • Memo No. 3, Application of 2011 Wisconsin Act 35 in Indian Country (September 9, 2011).
  • Letter from Melinda Danforth, Councilwoman, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, to Chair Mursau, regarding topics of discussion for the Special Committee.
November 17, 2010 Meeting (Madison, WI)
  • Memo No. 1, Options Related to Permitting Appointment of a Member to the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations Who Resides Off-Reservation (November 9, 2010).
  • IM 2010-12, Legislative Proposals Affecting American Indians and Indian Tribes Enacted in the 2009-10 Session of the Wisconsin State Legislature (August 2, 2010).
  • Letter from Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, regarding the county-tribal cooperative law enforcement grant program.
  • PowerPoint Presentation, Implementing Health Care Reform in Wisconsin, submitted by Rebecca McAtee, Policy Associate, Office of Health Care Reform, and Carrie Kahn, Legislative Liaison, Department of Health Services (November 17, 2010).
  • Handout, Health Care Reform and Native Americans, submitted by Rebecca McAtee, Policy Associate, Office of Health Care Reform, and Carrie Kahn, Legislative Liaison, Department of Health Services (November 17, 2010).
  • Handout, American Indian Disproportionality in Special Education, submitted by Courtney Reed Jenkins, J.D. Special Education Team, Department of Public Instruction.