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Witnesses<\/div>\r\n
\r\nPanel one\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Chuck Hoskin Jr. <\/div>\r\n
Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nJonodev Chaudhuri <\/div>\r\nAmbassador, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nReggie Wassana <\/div>\r\nGovernor, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\nPanel two\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nJames Naranjo <\/div>\r\nGovernor, Pueblo of Santa Clara<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nCharles Riley <\/div>\r\nGovernor, Pueblo of Acoma<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\nPanel three\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nVerlon Jose <\/div>\r\nChairman, The Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nDr. Buu Nygren <\/div>\r\nPresident, Navajo Nation<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\nPanel four\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nRobyn Sunday-Allen <\/div>\r\nPresident-Elect, National Council of Urban Indian Health<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nA.C. Locklear <\/div>\r\nChief Executive Officer, National Indian Health Board<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nAbigail Echo-Hawk MA (Pawnee) <\/div>\r\nDirector, Urban Indian Health Institute<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nConrad Jacket <\/div>\r\nBoard Member, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\nPanel five\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nTeresa Sanchez <\/div>\r\nBoard President, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc., Tribal Member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nEsther Lucero MPP (Din\u00e9) <\/div>\r\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nAaron Hines <\/div>\r\nChair, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nLeanndra Ross <\/div>\r\nVice President, Executive and Tribal Services, Southcentral Foundation of Alaska<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\nPanel six\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nAngelique Albert <\/div>\r\nChief Executive Officer, Native Forward Scholar Fund<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nAhniwake Rose (Cherokee & Muscogee) <\/div>\r\nPresident & CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\nPanel seven\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nCecilia Fire Thunder <\/div>\r\nPresident, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition (OLNEC)<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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\r\n\r\nAurene Martin <\/div>\r\nSecretary, National Indian Child Welfare Association<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n- \r\n \t
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Relevant Links<\/div>\r\nLivestream: youtu.be\/UX1i9N0arHI<\/a> (youtube.com)
\r\nWitness List and Written Testimony<\/a> (docs.house.gov)
\r\nHearing Notice<\/a> (appropriations.house.gov) \r\n
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