Congressional Native American Caucus

[chat_noir]

The members listed here are mostly Democrats, who have supported Native American issues for years. That their campaigns would have received donations from Indians is to be expected.

107th Congress, 1st Session (2001)

Co-Chairmen
1. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI) co-founder
2. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)

Co-Vice Chairmen
3. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) co-founder
4. Dave Camp (R-MI)

Members
5. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
6. Joe Baca (D-CA)
7. Doug Bereuter (R-NE)
8. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL)
9. Earl Blumenaur (D-OR)
10. David Bonior (D-MI)
11. Mary Bono (R-CA)
12. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
13. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
14. Sonny Callahan (R-AL)
15. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
16. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
17. Lois Capps (D-CA)
18. Brad Carson (D-OK)
19. Julia Carson (D-IN)
20. Gary Condit (D-CA)
21. John Conyers (D-MI)
22. John C. Cooksey (R-LA)
23. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR)
24. William Delahunt (D-MA)
25. Peter Deutsch (D-FL)
26. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
27. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D-AS)
28. Bob Filner (D-CA)
29. Mark Foley (R-FL)
30. Barney Frank (D-MA)
31. Martin Frost (D-TX)
32. Elton Gallegly (R-CA)
33. Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO)
34. Wayne Gilchrist (R-MD)
35. Mark Green (R-WI)
36. Felix J. Grucci (R-NY)
37. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
38. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
39. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
40. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ)
41. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)
42. Stephen Horn (R-CA)
43. Amo Houghton (R-NY)
44. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
45. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
46. Steve Israel (D-NY)
47. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
48. William Jefferson (D-LA)
49. Christopher John (D-LA)
50. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D-MI)
51. Ron Kind (D-WI)
52. Jerry Kleczka (D-WI)
53. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)
54. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
55. Rick Larson (D-WA)
56. John Larson (D-CT)
57. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
58. John Lewis (D-GA)
59. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
60. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
61. Frank D. Lucas (R-OK)
62. Bill Luther (D-MN)
63. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
64. James Maloney (D-CT)
65. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
66. James McDermott (D-WA)
67. Scott McInnis (R-CO)
68. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
69. Juanita Millender-McDonald(D-CA)
70. George Miller (D-CA)
71. Patsy Mink (D-HI)
72. James Moran (D-VA)
73. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
74. George Nethercutt (R-WA)
75. James L. Oberstar (D-MN)
76. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)
77. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
78. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
79. Collin C. Peterson (D-MN)
80. Thomas E. Petri (R-WI)
81. Charles Pickering (R-MS)
82. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
83. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
84. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
85. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
86. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
87. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
88. Martin Olav Sabo (D-MN)
89. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)
90. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY)
91. Adam Smith (D-WA)
92. Bart Stupak (D-MI)
93. W.J. (Billy) Tauzin (R-LA)
94. Charles Taylor (R-NC)
95. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
96. John R. Thune (R-SD)
97. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
98. Jim Turner (D-TX)
99. Mark Udall (D-CO)
100. Tom Udall (D-NM)
101. Greg Walden (R-OR)
102. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
103. Wes Watkins (R-OK)
104. J.C. Watts (R-OK)
105. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
106. David Wu (D-OR)

http://www.house.gov/kildee/native_american_ca.htm

[OKNancy]

1. Point well taken, but an FYI...

This is an old list. Carson, Watts and Watkins are no longer House members from OK. ( that's what caught my attention)

[chat_noir]

2. 2001 date noted in my post

Haven't found a more recent list.

[chat_noir]

3. Google News: Patrick Kennedy

http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=HPIC,HPIC:2005-21,HPIC:en&q=Patrick%20Kennedy&sa=N&tab=wn

Kennedy, long a supporter of Native American issues (co-founded the Congressional Native American Congress in 1999), is being implicated in the Abramoff scandal.