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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts climate crisis roundtable
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will be hearing from Native leaders and advocates about the impacts of climate change in their communities.

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), the chairman of the committee, is leading the roundtable on Wednesday afternoon. The following leaders and advocates, representing communities in the 48 states and Hawaii, are scheduled to present:

Honorable Amber Torres
Chairwoman
Walker River Paiute Tribe, Nevada

Honorable Craig Quanchello
Governor
Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico

Honorable Shelley Buck
President
Prairie Island Indian Community, Minnesota

Honorable Timothy Davis
Chairman
Blackfeet Nation, Montana

Honorable Charlene Nelson
Chairperson
Shoalwater Bay Tribe, Washington

Jack Wong
Chief Executive Officer
Kamehameha Schools, Hawaii

Nikoosh Carlo (Koyukon Athabascan)
Founder + Chief Strategist
CNC North Consulting

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Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) presides over a hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on February 24, 2021. Photo: SCIA

The roundtable will be immediately preceded by a business meeting on nine bills at 2:30pm Eastern. Both will be broadcast on indian.senate.gov.

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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice
Business Meeting to consider S. 325, S. 314, S. 144, S. 371, S. 108, S. 548, S. 549, S. 550, & S. 559 and Roundtable on “Native Communities and the Climate Crisis” (March 10, 2021)
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