Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on Freedmen provisions in tribal treaties
Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Oversight Hearing on “Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes”
Wednesday, July 27 2022 – 02:30 PM
Location: Dirksen
Room Number: 628

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes” on July 27, 2022.

Following the end of the Civil War, the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, the Choctaw Nation, the Muscogee Nation and the Seminole Nation signed treaties with the United States in 1866. The government-to-government agreements contain various provisions addressing the Freedmen, the term applied to enslaved persons formerly held within the five tribes.

The oversight hearing, which takes place in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building, will address how the provisions of the 1866 treaties have been implemented. Representatives of the five tribes, the federal government and Freedmen descendants provide testimony.

Note: Video feed will go live shortly before 2:30pm Eastern.

Witness List
PANEL 1
The Honorable Maxine Waters
Congresswoman, California 43rd District
Washington, DC

PANEL 2
The Honorable Bryan Newland [Testimony: PDF]
Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

The Honorable Chuck Hoskin, Jr. [Testimony: PDF]
Principal Chief
The Cherokee Nation
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

The Honorable Lewis J. Johnson [Testimony: PDF]
Chief
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Wewoka, Oklahoma
Accompanied by the Hon. Brian Thomas Palmer, Assistant Chief, The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

The Honorable Michael Burrage [Testimony: PDF]
General Counsel
The Choctaw Nation
Durant, Oklahoma

The Honorable Jonodev Chaudhuri [Testimony: PDF]
Ambassador
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Mr. Stephen Greetham [Testimony: PDF]
Senior Counsel
The Chickasaw Nation
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Ms. Marilyn Vann [Testimony: PDF]
President
The Descendants of Freedmen of the Fives Tribes Association
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice
Oversight Hearing on “Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes” (July 27, 2022)