Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5444

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

Thursday, May 12, 2022 (1:00 PM)

1334 LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Mr. James LaBelle Sr.
1st Vice President and Boarding School Survivor, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, Anchorage, AK

Added 05/10/2022 at 05:40 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/13/2022 at 12:26 PM

Mr. Matthew War Bonnet
Boarding School Survivor, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Snohomish, WA

Added 05/10/2022 at 05:40 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/13/2022 at 12:26 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 11:07 AM

Dr. Ramona Klein
Boarding School Survivor, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Medina, ND

Added 05/10/2022 at 05:40 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/13/2022 at 12:26 PM

The Honorable Ben Barnes
Chief, Shawnee Tribe, Miami, OK

Added 05/10/2022 at 05:40 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/13/2022 at 12:26 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 11:07 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 05/13/2022 at 12:26 PM

Ms. Deborah Parker
Chief Executive Officer, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, Minneapolis, MN

Added 05/10/2022 at 05:40 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/13/2022 at 12:26 PM

Dr. Janine Pease D. Ed
Founding President and Faculty Member, Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, MT

Added 05/10/2022 at 05:40 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 05/13/2022 at 12:26 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 11:07 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 05/13/2022 at 12:26 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Witness List [PDF] Added 05/10/2022 at 05:40 PM
  • 32nd District Democratic Organization and Cathy Baylor, 1st Vice-Chair - Resolution in support of H.R. 5444 [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • American Bar Association - Statement FTR dated 05.11.22 [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Anne Burgeson - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Carole McGuire - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Encel Harwood – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Dena Ammon Magdaleno - Billy Beckwith [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Dena Ammon Magdaleno - Deaths at Chemawa [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Dena Ammon Magdaleno - The Dark Side of the Indian Boarding School System [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Fairbanks Native Association - Statement FTR dated 05.11.22 [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Janette M. Rautanen – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Jeffrey Burch - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • John F Stensgar – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • John S Captain III – Statement FTR (1) [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Johnni Miller – Statement FTR (1) [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Johnni Miller – Statement FTR (2) [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Judy Roy - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Kelly King - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Marion Miles - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Michelle Lewis – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Monica Gifford Watson – Statement FTR dated 05.10.22 [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Monica Tsinagini – Statement FTR dated 05.13.22 [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Nancy Marie Mithlo – Statement FTR dated 05.09.22 [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Nelson N Angapak, Sr. – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Rodney A. Robideau - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Ruth Robertson - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Steve Filkins – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Steve Watson - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Theresa Burcham Hancock - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Ken Hall – Statement FTR dated 05.13.22 [PDF] Added 05/16/2022 at 10:35 AM
  • Dennis Decoteau – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/17/2022 at 04:45 PM
  • Dr. Denise K. Lajimodiere – Statement FTR dated 05.15.22 [PDF] Added 05/17/2022 at 04:45 PM
  • Gerald Fisher – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/17/2022 at 04:45 PM
  • Irene Vasquez – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/17/2022 at 04:45 PM
  • Jean Pfaelzer – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/17/2022 at 04:45 PM
  • John S Captain III – Statement FTR (2) [PDF] Added 05/17/2022 at 04:45 PM
  • Loritta M. Rood – Statement FTR dated 05.14.22 [PDF] Added 05/17/2022 at 04:45 PM
  • Suzanne L. Cross PhD, ACSW, LMSW, LLC – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/17/2022 at 04:45 PM
  • Cassidy F. Reynolds – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Cynthia Watte Connel - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • David Jaber - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Dr. Lena Hammons - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Eleanor “Aankeenaa” (Jones) Hadden - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Ernestine Hayes - Statement FTR dated 05.18.22 [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Farina King - Statement FTR dated 05.17.22 [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Kelly Leah Stewart - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Lauren Peters - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Mary Hunt - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Melissa Margaret Rose Moses - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Sally (híin 'ónni) Peterson - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/18/2022 at 02:35 PM
  • Anonymous – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Anonymous (2) – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Arlene Dangeli – Roberts – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Carmelita Adkins - Statement FTR dated 05.19.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Corinne Ludy – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • David R. M. Beck – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Debra Delk – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Desiree Porter Acosta – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Emily Theresa Crampton Goodwin – Statement FTR dated 05.20.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Jacqueline Siebert – Statement FTR dated 05.21.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Jewel Bruton Brumley – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Jill Perry Neumeister – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Joanne Faulkner – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • John DiMino, Ph.D. – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • John H. Yazzie – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Jolene Thomas (Hawk) – Statement FTR dated 05.18.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Kate Mook, MA – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Kathryn Guimaraes – Statement FTR dated 05.22.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Kelli Leiter Lord – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Kerry Hawk Lessard – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Linda Cobe – Statement FTR dated 05.18 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Louellyn White – Statement FTR dated 05.20.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Marjeanna Burge - Statement FTR dated 05.20.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Mark Kremen – Statement FTR (1) [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Mark Kremen – Statement FTR (2) [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Mary Baechler – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Matilda Klade – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Melveena Malatare – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Michele Keyes – Statement FTR dated 05.18.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Mitch Walking Elk – Statement FTR dated 05.20.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Oran Baumeister– Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Patricia Patrick Gardner – Statement FTR dated 05.18.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Patti Jo – Statement FTR dated 05.14.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Regina Mad Plume – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Roberta Capasso – Statement FTR dated 05.23.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Roberto Schiraldi – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Sonia James – Statement FTR dated 05.20.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Valerie Nagle – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Washington State National Organization for Women – Resolution in Support of H.R. 5444 dated 05.21.22 [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 12:08 PM
  • Amanda Schaefle – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Angie DeMay – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Association on American Indian Affairs – Statement FTR dated 05.26.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Augustina Warledo-Rodriguez – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Barbara Anne Namias – Statement FTR dated 05.26.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Barbara Graham Bettelyoun, Ph.D. - Buffalo Star People Nonprofit – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Behnaz Bigmoradi – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Ben Sherman – Statement FTR dated 05.16.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Bernard Balbot – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Beth Hartwell – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Beverly Wood – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Burton Steck - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Cheryl Lawrence – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Crystal A Cavalier – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • David T. McCoy – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Denise Gauthier – Statement FTR dated 05.25.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Dianne Thiel – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Donna F. Council – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Douglas Reevis – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Dr. Priscilla Stuckey – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Eirene Nakai Hamilton – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Elisha Big Back – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Elizabeth Bourne – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Seattle Indian Health Board – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Grant Koehler – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Jadeen and Eva Elving – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • James Keith Byrd, Sr. – Statement FTR dated 05.25.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Jami R. Moran LBSW - – Statement FTR dated 05.24.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Jay Treat III – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Jennifer Frazee – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Jimmy Sanchez – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Julianna Hoskie Kien – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Karen Wasageshik – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Kathleen Snyder – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Kimberly Ann Fyke – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Kimberly LaFromboise – Statement FTR dated 05.26.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Lakota Harden – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Linda Eben-Jones – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Lisa Tabor – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Marcida B. Eagle Bear (Morrison) – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Maria Daehler – Statement FTR dated 05.09.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Marie Suzanne Malone Olah – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Marilyn Wakefield – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Mary Erickson – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Megan Simpson – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Members of the Ohlone Justice Project of the Peace and Justice Task Force of First Congregational Church of Palo Alto – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Moureena Williamson – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Nancy Nickerson – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • NCUIH - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Oglala Sioux Tribe – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Patricia Pearson – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Piro-Manso-Tiwa Indian Tribe, Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe (PMT) – Statement FTR dated 05.26.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Ramona Allard-Hendren – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Randall Sanderson – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Robert Matthew Hazen – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Roberta L. Paul, PhD – Statement FTR dated 05.25.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Ronald L. Singer – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Roni Schwartz – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Ruby Larvie Leneaugh and LaRaine Leneaugh Waln – Statement FTR dated 05.25.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Sarah Pincus – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Shenoa Prettyshield – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Stephen Silva Brave – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Steven Brody – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • SuAnn Reddick and Eva Guggemos – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Susan Helf – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Tetana Adkins Mace, LMHC – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Terry S. – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • The Rapid City Indian Boarding School Lands Project – Statement FTR dated 05.26.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Theresa Sheldon – Statement FTR dated 05.24.22 [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Timothy Christian Allen Buck – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Valerie Morgan – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Wanbli Mayasleca-Francis J. Yellow – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • Wassillie Gust Sr – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 12:37 PM
  • White Hawk, Torres, Axtel, Liebler, Greenleaf, Mann – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/27/2022 at 01:28 PM
  • Diane Rosenberg - Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 04:25 PM
  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 05:21 PM
  • Benjamin A. Jacuk – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 05:21 PM
  • Lahoma Schultz – Statement FTR [PDF] Added 06/01/2022 at 11:24 AM

Member Statements

  • The Honorable Jay Obernolte [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 01:23 PM
  • The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva [PDF] Added 05/25/2022 at 01:23 PM
  • The Honorable Sharice Davids [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 04:25 PM
  • The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernandez [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 04:25 PM

Hearing Record

  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - QFRs - Rep. Gallego [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 05:21 PM
  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - QFRs - Rep. Grijalva [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 05:21 PM
  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - QFRs - Rep. Leger Fernández [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 05:21 PM
  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - AFRs - Hon. Ben Barnes [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 05:21 PM
  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - AFRs - Deborah Parker (1 of 2) [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 05:21 PM
  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - AFRs - James LaBelle, Sr. [PDF] Added 05/31/2022 at 05:21 PM
  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - AFRs - Dr Ramona Klein [PDF] Added 06/06/2022 at 03:42 PM
  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - AFRs - Matthew War Bonnet [PDF] Added 06/06/2022 at 03:42 PM
  • SCIP Leg Hrg 05.12.22 - AFRs - Deborah Parker (2 of 2) [PDF] Added 08/15/2022 at 11:51 AM

First Published: May 5, 2022 at 11:27 AM
Last Updated: August 15, 2022 at 11:51 AM