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AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 1, Afternoon Session
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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The House Committee on Appropriations is hearing from dozens of Indian Country leaders who are testifying about their funding needs for fiscal year 2025. This is the audio from the afternoon session of Day 1.

The witnesses are testifying before the House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Members of the panel will use the information as they develop the appropriations bill that funds the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Indian Health Service and other key agencies that carry out the federal government’s trust and treaty responsibilities to tribes and their citizens.

The subcommittee is led by Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who serves as Republican chair and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), who is the Democratic ranking member. The leaders are vowing to work in a bipartisan fashion to develop the funding bill.

Fiscal year 2025 begins on October 1, 2024.

• FULL PLAYLIST: American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 1, Afternoon Session May 7, 2024

Panel One
Jeffrey Gill
Councilor, Seneca Nation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Wema Supernaw
Chairwoman, Quapaw Nation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Carson Ball
Self Governance Coordinator, Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN)
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Chuck Hoskin Jr
Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel Two
John Pettigrew
Acting Chief of Police, Oglala Sioux Tribe-Dept. of Public Safety
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Julius T Murray III
Chairman, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Cindy Marchand
Secretary, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Dustin Klatush
Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel Three
Maulian Bryant
Ambassador, Penobscot Nation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Thora Padilla
President, Mescalero Apache Tribe
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Darnell Maria
Executive Director, Ramah Navajo Chapter
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]

Panel Four
Victoria Kitchenyan
Chairwoman, Winnebago Tribe
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Greg Hitchcock
Vice Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Jeremy Takala
Councilman, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Ron Allen
Chairman and CEO, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel Five
Brian Harris
Chief, Catawba Nation
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Gloria O’Neill
President and CEO, Cook Inlet Tribal Council/Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel Six
Jill Sherman-Warne
Councilmember, Hoopa Valley Tribe
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Catalina Villa Montes
Treasurer, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Russell Attebery
Chairman, Karuk Tribe
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]
Charmaine McDarment
Chairperson, Tule River Indian Tribe
  • Testimony [PDF]
  • Witness Biography [PDF]

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House Committee on Appropriations: Public Witness Hearing – American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 1, Afternoon Session

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