{"id":17396,"date":"2021-10-27T10:27:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T14:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=17396"},"modified":"2021-10-27T10:52:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T14:52:53","slug":"business-meeting-to-consider-h-r-1688-oversight-hearing-on-voting-matters-in-native-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/10\/27\/business-meeting-to-consider-h-r-1688-oversight-hearing-on-voting-matters-in-native-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Meeting to consider H.R.1688 and Oversight Hearing on \u201cVoting Matters in Native Communities\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/strong>
\r\nBusiness Meeting to consider H.R.1688 & Oversight Hearing on \u201cVoting Matters in Native Communities\u201d<\/strong>
\r\nWednesday, October 27 2021 – 02:30 PM Eastern<\/strong>
\r\nLocation: Dirksen<\/strong>
\r\nRoom Number: 628<\/strong>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nNote: Video feed from Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> will become active shortly before 2:30pm Eastern on October 27, 2021.<\/em>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a>, chaired by Sen. Brian Schatz<\/a> (D-Hawaii), holds a business meeting and an oversight hearing titled \u201cVoting Matters in Native Communities.\u201d<\/a>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n Schatz and the committee will hear from tribal leaders and Native voting rights advocates about ongoing challenges to exercising the right to vote in Indian Country. They will also learn more about the less-formally documented Native Hawaiian voter experience. \r\n

<\/p>\r\nPrior to the oversight hearing, the committee will hold a business meeting on H.R.1688<\/a>, the Native American Child Protection Act. The bill updates the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act<\/a>, which first became law in 1990 to help tribes and the federal government address child abuse in Indian Country amid reports of widespread victimization. The U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> approved the measure on May 12<\/a>.\r\n

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Witness List<\/div>\r\nThe Honorable Janet Davis [PDF: Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nChairwoman
\r\nPyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
\r\nNixon, Nevada\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Honorable Fawn Sharp [PDF: Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nPresident
\r\nNational Congress of American Indians
\r\n Washington, DC\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\r\nThe Honorable Julie Kitka [PDF: Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nPresident
\r\nAlaska Federation of Natives
\r\nAnchorage, Alaska\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\r\nProfessor Patty Ferguson-Bohnee [PDF: Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nDirector
\r\nIndian Legal Clinic, Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\r\nMs. Jacqueline De Leon [PDF: Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nStaff Attorney
\r\nNative American Rights Fund
Boulder, Colorado\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\r\nMr. N\u0101\u2019\u0101lehu Anthony [PDF: Testimony<\/a>]
\r\nCommunity Advocate & Principal
\r\nPalik\u016b Films
Honolulu, Hawiii\r\n

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