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AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 1, Morning 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 morning 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, Morning Session May 7, 2024
Witnesses
Panel one
Mr. Lee Juan Tyler
Chairman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Ms. Whitney Gravelle
President, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority
Mr. Kirk Francis
Chief of Penobscot Indian Nation, United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF)
Panel Two
Mr. Grant Johnson
President, Prairie Island Indian Community
Mr. Darrell Seki Sr.
Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Mr. Kevin Dupuis Sr.
Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Mr. Jason Schlender
Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Panel Three
Mr. Austin Lowes
Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians
Mr. George W. Thompson
Vice President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Panel Four
Mr. Henry Fox
Vice Chairman, White Earth Nation
Mr. Dana Sam Buckles
Councilman, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation
Ms. Carole Lankford
Councilwoman, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
Panel Five
Mr. Joseph Rosette
Councilman, Chippewa Cree Tribe
Ms. Ashleigh Weeks
General Manager, Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water Supply System
Mr. Marvin Weatherwax Jr.
Councilman, Blackfeet Tribe of Montana
Mr. George Jay Ball
Councilman, Fort Belknap Indian Community
Panel Six
Ms. Shere Wright-Plank
Councilwoman, Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Mr. Ervin Carlson
President, Inter-Tribal Buffalo Council
Mr. Frank Star Comes Out
President, Oglala Sioux Tribe
Panel Seven
Mr. Frank Adams
Chief, Upper Mattaponi Tribe
Mr. Stephen Adkins
Chief, Chickahominy Tribe
House Committee on Appropriations Documents
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