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AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 2, Morning Session
Thursday, May 16, 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 2.
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 2, Morning Session May 8, 2024
Opening Remarks
Panel One
Sherry J. Parker
Chairwoman, Hualapai Tribe
Panel Two
Stephen Roe Lewis
Governor, Gila River Indian Community
Ervin Chavez
Executive Board President, Diné Bi Olta School Board Association (DBOSBA)
Derrick Leslie
Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe
Buu Nygren
President, Navajo Nation
Panel Three
Tesia Zientek
Board President, National Indian Education Association
Anhiwake Rose
Vice-President of Congressional and Federal Relations, American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Note: No audio available due to problem with livestream.
Shawna Allison Becenti
Head of School, Navajo Preparatory School
Gjermundson Jake
Board President, Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. (RNSB)
Note: The audio cuts off at the very end of the witness testimony due to an issue with the livestream.
Panel Four
Cecilia Fire Thunder
President, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition
Troy Lunderman
Human Resources Director, St. Francis Indian School
Ryan Wilson
President, Oglala Lakota/National Alliance to Save Native Languages
Panel Five
Lloyd Miller
Counsel, National Tribal Contract Support Cost Coalition
Dr. Valerie J. Grussing PHD
Executive Director, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO)
Nicholas Lovesee
Director of Policy, Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)
Panel Six
Aurene Martin
Treasurer, Board of Directors for the National Indian Child Welfare Association
Todd Wilson
Executive Director, National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
William F. Smith
Chairman and Alaska Area Representative, National Indian Health Board
Jon Brady
President, Native American Church Of North America
Panel Seven
Verlon Jose
Chairman, Tohono O’odham Nation
Lawrence Mirabal
Vice President of Operations, The Institute of American Indian Arts
Lionel Haskie
Director of Operations, Navajo Agricultural Products Industry
House Committee on Appropriations Documents
Committee Notice: Public Witness Hearing – American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 2, Morning Session (appropriations.house.gov)American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing (docs.house.gov)
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