Wednesday, May 9 - AM Hearing
Witnesses:Fawn Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation Frances Charles, Tribal Chairwoman, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Abigail Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), Director, Urban Indian Health Institute Ray Peters, Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison, Squaxin Island Tribe W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chairman and CEO, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe W. Ron Allen, Tribal Co-Chair, Tribal Interior Budget Council (TIBC) Tribal Caucus Edward Johnstone, Treasurer, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission David Bean, Councilman, Puyallup Tribe of Washington State Dr. Michael Marchand, Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Charlene Nelson, Chairperson, Shoalwater Bay Tribe Esther Lucero, CEO, Seattle Indian Health Board Delano Saluskin, Council Member, Yakama Nation Tribal Council Brian Cladoosby, Chairman, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Jeromy Sullivan, Chairman, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Andrew C. Joseph, Jr., Chairman, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Casey Mitchell, Chairman, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Phil Rigdon, President, Intertribal Timber Council Aurene Martin, Board Member, National Indian Child Welfare Association Maulian Dana, Ambassador, Penobscot Nation Kirk Francis, President, United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF) Brandon Stevens, Vice Chairman, Oneida Indian Nation William Harris, Chief, Catawba Indian Nation Joseph P. Crowley, President, American Dental Association
Wednesday, May 9 - PM Hearing
Witnesses:Bill John Baker, Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation Deana M. Bovee, Tribal Chairwoman, Susanville Indian Rancheria Patty Brown-Schwalenberg, Executive Director, Chugach Regional Resources Commission (CRRC) John Buller, President, Yakutat Tlingit Tribe Erika Eva Chase, Secretary, Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA) Karl Cook, Mayor, Metlakatla Indian Community James R. Floyd, Principal Chief, Muscogee Creek Nation Melanie Fourkiller, Policy Analyst, National Tribal Contract Support Cost Coalition (NTCSCC) Katherine Gottlieb, President and CEO, Southcentral Foundation Jefferson Keel, President, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Mark LeBeau, Chief Executive Officer, California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB) Sandra M. Lewis, Tribal Council Recorder, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Aaron Payment, Chairperson, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of the Chippewa Indians Teresa Sanchez, Board Vice President, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc. (RSBCIHI) Natasha Singh, General Counsel, Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) Megan Alvanna Stimpfle, Self-Governance Coordinator, Norton Sound Health Corporation Bryan Newland, Executive Director, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority (CORA) Andy Teuber, Chairman and President, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Bruce Thomas, Natural Resources Director, Council of Athasbascan Governments (CATG) Everett Waller, Chairman, Osage Minerals Council
Wednesday, May 10 - AM Hearing
Witnesses:Russell Begaye, President, Navajo Nation Carrie L. Billy, President and CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Edward Manuel, Chairman, Tohono O'odham Nation Stephen Roe Lewis, Governor, Gila River Indian Community Robert Miguel, Chairman, Ak-Chin Indian Community Terry Rambler, Chairman, San Carlos Apache Tribe Delbert Ray, President, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community Tony Small, Vice Chairman, Ute Tribe of Utah Vinton Hawley, Chairman, National Indian Health Board Ahniwake Rose, Executive Director, National Indian Education Association Kevin R. Dupuis, Sr., Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Darrell Seki, Tribal Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Leander “Russ” McDonald, President, United Tribes Technical College Natasha Gourd, Project Coordinator, First Nations Women’s Alliance Casey Mitchell, Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee Nathan Small, Chairman, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation Chad Abel, Division Administrator, Treaty Natural Resources Division, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Jason Schlender, Vice-Chairman, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Joseph Wildcat, Sr., President, Lac du Flambeau Tribe Douglas Cox, Chairman, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Michael J. Isham, Executive Administrator Designate, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) Shannon Holsey, President, Stockbridge Munsee Mohican Community
Wednesday, May 10 - PM Hearing
WItnesses:Angelique Albert, Executive Director, American Indian Graduate Center Ervin Carlson, President, InterTribal Buffalo Council J. Michael Chavarria, Governor, Pueblo of Santa Clara (Also Chairman of the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc. Dave Flute, Chairman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, Robert Flying Hawk, Chairman, Yankton Sioux Tribe Harold C. Frazier, Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Boyd Gorneau, Chairman, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe David Omar Kills A Hundred, Trustee II, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Tori Kitcheyan, Councilwoman, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Brandon Mauai, Tribal Council Member, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Jennifer McLeod, Board Member, Association of Community Tribal Schools (ACTS) Lawrence T. Mirabal, Chief Financial Officer, Institute of American Indian Arts Kurt Riley, Governor, Pueblo of Acoma and Chairman of the Ten Southern Pueblo Governor’s Council in New Mexico Lester Thompson, Jr., Chairman, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Roger Trudell, Chairman, Santee Sioux Tribe Ashley Tuomi, President, National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) Troy "Scott" Weston, President, Oglala Sioux Tribe Roger White Owl, Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation Kathleen Wooden Knife, Council Representative, Rosebud Sioux Tribe House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Notices:
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