Hearing: Strengthening Indigenous Communities Through Cultural and Environmental Preservation

Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States (Committee on Natural Resources)

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 (12:00 PM)

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Washington, D.C.
This hearing will be held remotely via the Cisco Webex Platform. Public Access will be available via the Committee's website and social media pages.

Witnesses

The Honorable Michael Fairbanks
Chairman, White Earth Nation, Ogema, NM

Added 10/25/2021 at 10:17 AM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM

Mr. Chase Meierotto
Division Administrator, Treaty Natural Resources Division, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Bayfield, WI

Added 10/25/2021 at 10:17 AM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM

Ms. Elizabeth Azzuz
Secretary, Cultural Fire Management Council, Hoopa, CA

Added 10/25/2021 at 10:17 AM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • CFMC Video and Photos [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 03:16 PM
  • CFMC Photos - Family Burns, Presentations, Post Burn, TREX, and Media [PDF] Added 10/28/2021 at 10:12 AM
  • AP Article, “For Tribes, ‘good fire’ a key to restoring nature and people” dated 10.29.21 i. https://apnews.com/article/science-business-forests-california-native-americans-eb2f25b2a932f707d4526bffb6cecf3e [PDF] Added 10/29/2021 at 05:57 PM
  • CFMC Vegetation Study Program [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 10:27 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM

Mr. Cody Desautel
President, Intertribal Timber Council, Portland, OR

Added 10/25/2021 at 10:17 AM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Witness List [PDF] Added 10/25/2021 at 10:17 AM
  • Representative Case, Kua'āina Ulu 'Auamo Statement for the Record dated 10.26.21 [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Representative Case, ʻAha Pūnana Leo Statement for the Record dated 10.26.21 [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Representative Case, Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology Statement for the Record dated 10.25.21 [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • Representative Case, OHA Testimony from SCIP 03.23.21 Hearing [PDF] Added 10/28/2021 at 09:56 AM
  • Representative Case, OHA Statement for the Record for SCIA 12.09.20 Hearing dated 12.21.20 [PDF] Added 10/28/2021 at 09:56 AM
  • Representative Case, OHA Letter to Sen. Udall and Schatz re Climate Change and the NH Community dated 09.13.19 [PDF] Added 10/28/2021 at 09:56 AM
  • Representative Westerman, Letter from Teamsters Local 346 dated 9.01.21 [PDF] Added 10/29/2021 at 05:57 PM
  • Representative Westerman, Comment and Response matrix from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources [PDF] Added 10/29/2021 at 05:57 PM
  • Representative Westerman, Letter from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources dated 9.01.21 [PDF] Added 10/29/2021 at 05:57 PM
  • NACNA, Statement for the Record dated 11.09.21 [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 01:50 PM
  • NACNA, NCAI Resolution #SAC-21-038 [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 01:50 PM
  • NACNA, Comparative Survey of Lophophora Williamsii Populations in the USA and Peyote Harvesting Guidelines dated 08.19 [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 01:50 PM
  • NACNA, Limitations to Natural Production of Lophophora Williamsii (Cactaceae) II. Effects of Repeated Harvesting at Two-Year Intervals in a South Texas Population [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 01:50 PM
  • NACNA, Limitations to Natural Production of Lophophora Williamsii (Cactaceae) I. [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 01:50 PM

Member Statements

  • The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva [PDF] Added 10/26/2021 at 02:46 PM
  • The Honorable Don Young [PDF] Added 10/28/2021 at 03:03 PM
  • The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernandez [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 10:27 AM

Hearing Record

  • QFRs - Rep. Grijlava [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 10:27 AM
  • QFRs - Rep. Leger Fernández [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 10:27 AM
  • QFRs - Rep. Westerman [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 10:27 AM
  • AFRs - Ms. Azzuz [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 10:27 AM
  • AFRs - Mr. Meierotto [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 04:28 PM
  • AFRs - Hon. Fairbanks [PDF] Added 11/09/2021 at 05:11 PM

First Published: October 19, 2021 at 08:37 PM
Last Updated: November 9, 2021 at 05:11 PM