Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Time: 01:00 PM
Location: Longworth House Office Building 1334M
Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair

On Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET, in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building (Hearing Room) and online via Cisco Webex, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a hybrid legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation:

• H.R.5444, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. The bill requires the federal government to investigate the Indian boarding school era through a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States and a Truth and Healing Advisory Committee.

James LaBelle, Sr. [Testimony: PDF]
1st Vice President and Boarding School Survivor
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Anchorage, Alaska

Matthew War Bonnet [Testimony: PDF]
Boarding School Survivor
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Snohomish, Washington

Dr. Ramona Charette Klein [Testimony: PDF]
Boarding School Survivor
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Medina, North Dakota

The Honorable Ben Barnes [Testimony: PDF]
Chief
Shawnee Tribe
Miami, Oklahoma

Deborah Parker [Testimony: PDF]
Chief Executive Officer
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dr. Janine Pease, D. Ed. [Testimony: PDF]
Founding President and Faculty Member
Little Big Horn College
Crow Agency, Montana

Hybrid Legislative Hearing – May 12, 2022 (naturalresources.house.gov)
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5444 (docs.house.gov)