1977a COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman PHILLIP BURTON, California ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin GEORGE MILLER, California DON H. CLAUSEN, California, MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico DON YOUNG, Alaska STEVEN D. SYMMS, Idaho JAMES P. (JIM) JOHNSON, Colorado RON MARLENEE, Montana CHARLES CONKLIN, Staff Director STANLEY SCOVILLE, Special Counsel for Legislation FRANKLIN DUCHENEAUX, Special Counsel on Indian Affairs GARY G. ELLSWORTH, Minority Counsel 19-604121 (II) Blue, Gilbert, chief, Catawba Tribe of Indians of South Carolina Holland, Hon. Ken, a U.S. Representative from the State of South William O. Nisbet, member, South Carolina Study Commission Dr. Charles Vail, president, Winthrop College, and chairman, Greater Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce Task Force on the Catawba Claim.. 47, 404 Clint R. Carpenter, Jr., executive vice president, Greater Rock Hill 53, 445 Mitchell K. Byrd, on behalf of the Tri-County Landowners Associa- tion.. Guy Johnston, president, Tri-County Landowners Association. Robert T. Yoder, property owner, Lancaster County, S.C. Woodington, Kenneth, assistant attorney general, on behalf of Daniel R. Additional material submitted for the hearing record from: 1. Letter from Hon. Richard W. Riley, Governor, to Hon. Morris K. Udall, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated May 24, 1979, indicating that the attorney general's office speaks for him and the State of South Carolina at hearing of June 12, 1979 (with exhibits 2. Exhibit A: Letter from attorney general's office and legal representa- tives of the Catawba Indian Tribe, to Hon. Ken Holland, dated October 11, 1977, submitting areas of agreement between the tribe and the State. 3. Exhibit B: Letter from Daniel R. McLeod, attorney general, to Hon. Ken Holland, dated October 17, 1977, transmitting points of disagreement between Catawba Tribe and the State 4. Exhibit C: Letter from Don B. Miller, counsel for the Catawba Tribe, to Hon. Ken Holland, dated November 1977, setting forth the tribes position on certain areas of disagreement with the attorney general ..... Appendix-Continued The Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina: A. B. 1. Exhibit I: A History of the Catawba Tribe and its reservation lands: 2. Exhibit II: Legal basis for the claim; Department of the Interior's Initiation of claim, retain attorneys; letter from attorneys to Page 135 199 203 204 C. Retain attorneys; resolution of tribal executive committee, 207 D. Presentation of claim; minutes of Catawba tribal meeting, 208 E. Notice of claim to South Carolina congressional delegation; 213 F. Tribal authorization to proceed with claim; minutes of Cataw- G-1. Notice of tribal litigation request to Representative Holland; Initial discussion with South Carolina State government; 228 J. Tribal decision to seek congressional settlement of claim to 231 K. Valuation of claim; letter from tribal attorneys to OMB, May 235 L. Partial agreement between tribe and State attorney general; 238 M. State attorney general's separate views on partial agreement; 241 N. O. Tribe's separate views on partial agreement; letter from tribal 243 247 P. Land use analysis for proposed reservation; land use analysis 251 327 P-2. Valuation of claim; Catawba claim area market evaluation by 329 P-3. Valuation of claim; technical memorandum by Wilbur Smith 346 Q. Tribal authorization to introduce settlement legislation; min- 356 358 R-2. Tribal authorization to introduce settlement legislation; ex- 363 R-3. Tribal authorization to introduce settlement legislation; bal- 364 S. Tribal efforts to resolve internal dispute; minutes of Catawba 365 The Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina-Continued T. U. Agreement ending tribal dispute; agreement between the Meeting with Federal task force; letter from tribal attorneys Page 367 369 V. Proposed settlement legislation; letter from tribal attorneys 371 W. Proposed settlement legislation; draft of proposed settlement 375 X. Tribal preference vote; letter to tribal members with ballot, 389 Greater Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce: 1. Exhibit la: Letter from Robert L. Belk, representing Greater Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce, dated February 13, 1979 415 2. Exhibit 1b: Letter from Elizabeth Wilson, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce to Clint Carpenter, Greater Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce, dated March 1, 1979... 416 3. Exhibit 1c: Letter from James W. McAlhaney, Fort Mill Chamber of Commerce to Clint Carpenter, dated March 2, 1979 417 4. Exhibit 2a: Greater Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce Special Task Force Report, dated February 28, 1979 418 5. Exhibit 2b: Article from the Charlotte Observer, March 6, 1977, entitled, "This Land is Rightfully Ours". 420 6. Exhibit 3: Article from the Evening Herald, March 23, 1979, entitled, "Claim Task Force Dead 421 7. Exhibit 4: Letter from Robert E. Leak, Director of South Carolina State Development Board to Clint Carpenter, dated May 3, 1979 424 8. Exhibit 5a: Letter from Warren Norman Co., to Clint Carpenter, dated February 22, 1979 425 9. Exhibit 5b: Letter from Western Mortgage Corp., to Warren Norman, developer, dated June 1, 1977. 426 10. Exhibit 5c: Letter from Wooten-Brawley & Co., Inc., to Warren Norman, developer, dated June 2, 1977 427 11. Exhibit 5d: Letter from Mortgage Corp. of the South to Warren Norman, developer, dated June 29, 1977 428 12. Exhibit 6a: Letter from John Gill Insurance Co., to James B. Edwards, Governor, State of South Carolina, dated June 20, 1978 429 13. Exhibit 6b: Letter from James B. Edwards, Governor, to John Gill, dated June 23, 1978.. 431 14. Exhibit 7: Lawyers Title Insurance Corp. document 433 15. Exhibit 8: Official statement of the Elderly Housing Corp. of Rock Hill, S.C., (a subsidiary of Rock Hill Housing Authority), dated May 19, 1977. 16. Exhibit 9a: Letter from James R. Honeycutt, attorney for Fort Mill Housing Authority, to James E. Bradbury, attorney, Department of Housing and Urban Development, dated December 6, 1978 17. Exhibit 9b: Letter from James E. Bradbury, to James R. Honeycutt, dated January 17, 1979 . 18. Exhibit 9c: Amended Public Housing Fund Reservation, dated October 31, 1978. 434 436 437 438 19. Exhibit 10a: Letter from W. H. Nixon, Director of Housing Division, Hon. Carroll Campbell, a U.S. Representative from the State of South Carolina: 1. Letter from Hon. Carroll Campbell to Hon. Morris K. Udall, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated June 1, 1979, concerning H.R. 3274 (with enclosures). 458 2. Enclosure 1: Letter from Robert L. McFadden, to Hon. Carroll Campbell, transmitting a copy of commission's minutes of meeting held May 21, 1979 3. Enclosure 2: Letter from Mitchell K. Byrd, to Hon. Carroll Campbell, dated May 24, 1979, concerning Catawba Indian land claims Thomas J. Blumer: Statement entitled, "Two Points Concerning a Just Settlement of the Catawba Indian Land Suit of 1977" Page 459 460 463 |