{"id":1040,"date":"2020-09-22T16:44:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T21:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2020-09-22T16:44:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T21:44:28","slug":"witness-list-for-house-subcommittee-for-indigenous-peoples-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/09\/22\/witness-list-for-house-subcommittee-for-indigenous-peoples-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness list for House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_SNwYswwbho\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=figure-caption>House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/_SNwYswwbho>Legislative Hearing &#8211; September 24, 2020<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=h1-responsive>Witness list for House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples hearing<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, September 22, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=source>Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/subcommittees\/subcommittee-for-indigenous-peoples-of-the-united-states>House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States<\/a> will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTwo <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/09\/21\/house-subcommittee-for-indigenous-peoples-of-the-united-states-legislative-hearing\/>bills are on the agenda<\/a> for the afternoon session. They follow:<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/7565>H.R.7565<\/a>. The bill authorizes the <a href=https:\/\/www.semtribe.com\/>Seminole Tribe<\/a>  to lease or transfer certain non-trust lands in Florida without involving the United States.\r\n<\/li>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<li> <a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/8255>H.R.8255<\/a>, the Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act. The bill ensures the <a href=http:\/\/www.catawbaindian.net\/>Catawba Nation<\/a> can move forward with a <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/09\/16\/catawba-nation-welcomes-land-affirmation-bill-in-congress\/>gaming development on ancestral territory<\/a> in North Carolina.\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe hearing takes place virtually at 2pm Eastern.  The witness list follows:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"mx-4\">\r\nThe Honorable Chris Osceola<BR>\r\nHollywood Councilman<BR>\r\n Seminole Tribe of Florida <BR>\r\nHollywood, FL\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Honorable William Harris<BR>\r\n\r\nChief<BR> \r\nCatawba Indian Nation<BR>\r\n Rock Hill, SC\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Honorable Scott Neisler<BR>\r\n\r\nMayor, City of Kings Mountain<BR>\r\n Kings Mountain, NC\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Honorable Richard Sneed<BR>\r\n\r\nPrincipal Chief<BR>\r\nEastern Band of Cherokee Indians \r\n<BR>Cherokee, NC\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe hearing  will be  <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/_SNwYswwbho>broadcast on YouTube<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe subcommittee is part of the <a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/>House Committee on Natural Resources<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=h4-responsive>House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/hearings\/legislative-hearing_september-24-2020>Legislative Hearing\r\n<\/a> (September 24, 2020)\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=h4-responsive>H.R.8255, Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act<\/div>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A bipartisan bill in Congress ensures the Catawba Nation can move forward with a gaming development on ancestral territory. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialcatawba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@officialcatawba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TribalHomelands?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TribalHomelands<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NorthCarolina?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NorthCarolina<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SouthCarolina?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SouthCarolina<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svMh38JTAp\">https:\/\/t.co\/svMh38JTAp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1306323358682959873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaders from the Seminole Tribe, the Catawba Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are testifying before the House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[67,20,1,14],"tags":[50,183,255,253,252,49,48,186,184,51,254,185],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-gaming","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-116th","tag-catawba","tag-florida","tag-h-r-7565","tag-h-r-8225","tag-hnrc","tag-house","tag-land-into-trust","tag-north-carolina","tag-scip","tag-seminole","tag-south-carolina","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-gM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/twokingscasinoresort-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}