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AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 2, Morning Session
Saturday, May 18, 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 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, Afternoon Session May 8, 2024
Opening Remarks
Panel One
Michael Douglas
VP/Chief Legal Officer, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corporation, and Intertribal Health Care
Mary Jane Miles
Vice Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe
Willow Hetrick-Price
Executive Director, Chugach Regional Resources Commission
Donna Galbreath
Senior Medical Director, Southcentral Foundation
Panel Two
Quinton Swanson
Chairman, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
Esther Lucero
President and CEO, Seattle Indian Health Board
Panel Three
Abigail Echo-Hawk
Director, Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle Indian Health Board
Guy Capoeman
President, Quinault Indian Nation
Note: Witness did not appear.
Ed Johnstone
Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC)
Panel Four
Nikolaus Lewis
Chairman, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Cody Desautel
President, Intertribal Timber Council
Corinne Sams
Chairwoman, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Michael Rondeau
CEO, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
House Committee on Appropriations Documents
Committee Notice: Public Witness Hearing – American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 2, Afternoon Session (appropriations.house.gov)American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing (docs.house.gov)
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