AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 1, Afternoon Session

AUDIO: American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing: Day 1, Afternoon Session

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Indianz.Com

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 session of Day 1. The witnesses are testifying before the House Subcommittee afternoon 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 1, Afternoon Session May 7, 2024

Dashboard One

Jeffrey Gill

Councilor, Seneca Nation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Wema Supernaw

Chairwoman, Quapaw Nation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Carson Ball

Self Governance Coordinator, Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN)

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Chuck Hoskin Jr.

Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel Two

John Pettigrew

Acting Chief of Police, Oglala Sioux Tribe-Dept. of Public Safety

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Julius T. Murray III

Chairman, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Cindy Marchand

Secretary, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Dustin Klatush

Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel Three

Maulian Bryant

Ambassador, Penobscot Nation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Thora Padilla

President, Mescalero Apache Tribe

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Darnell Maria

Executive Director, Ramah Navajo Chapter

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]

Panel Four

Victoria Kitchenyan

Chairwoman, Winnebago Tribe

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Greg Hitchcock

Vice Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Jeremy Takala

Councilman, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Ron Allen

Chairman and CEO, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel Five

Brian Harris

Chief, Catawba Nation

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Gloria O’Neill

President and CEO, Cook Inlet Tribal Council/Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel Six

Jill Sherman-Warne

Councilmember, Hoopa Valley Tribe

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Catalina Villa Montes

Treasurer, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Russell Attebery

Chairman, Karuk Tribe

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

Charmaine McDarment

Chairperson, Tule River Indian Tribe

• Testimony [PDF]
• Witness Biography [PDF]

House Committee on Appropriations Documents

Public Witness Hearing – American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 1, Morning Session (appropriations.house.gov)
Hearing: American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing (docs.house.gov)