Hearing: American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Committee on Appropriations)

Thursday, February 27, 2025 (9:00 AM)

2008 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

Crystal Williams
Treasurer, United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Abigail Echo-Hawk
Director, Urban Indian Health Institute

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Jason Schlender
Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Panel two

Monique Martin
Vice President of Intergovernmental Affairs, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Ileen Sylvester
Executive Vice President for Executive and Tribal Services, Southcentral Foundation

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Panel three

Reno Franklin
Chair, California Rural Indian Health Board

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Inder Wadhwa
Chief Executive Officer, Northern Valley Indian Health

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Teresa Sanchez
Health Board Delegate, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health Inc.

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Panel four

Jerilyn Church
President, Chief Executive Officer, Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Anthony Locklear
Interim Chief Executive Officer, National Indian Health Board

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Robyn Sunday-Allen
Chief Executive Officer, National Council of Urban Indian Health

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Panel five

Ahniwake Rose
President, Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Higher Education Consortium

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Jason Dropik
Executive Director, National Indian Education Association

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Toni Tsatoke-Mule
Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency and Higher Education

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Panel six

Cecilia Fire Thunder
Chairwoman, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Jordan Etcitty
Executive Director, Diné bi Olta School Board Association

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Aurene Martin
Board of Directors Member, National Indian Child Welfare Association

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Panel seven

Greg Abrahamson
Vice-Chair, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Esther Lucero
President, Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Lloyd Miller
Council, National Tribal Contract Support Coalition

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Panel eight

Jeremy Takala
Chair, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Ed Johnstone
Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Heather Dawn Thompson
Vice President, Native Nations Conservation and Food Systems

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Panel nine

Austin Lowes
Tribal Chairman, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Mark Macarro
President, National Congress of American Indians

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Cody Desautel
President, Intertribal Timber Council

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM

Cory Blankenship
Executive Director, Native American Finance Officers Association

Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/21/2025 at 03:42 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/10/2025 at 12:11 PM

First Published: February 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Last Updated: March 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM


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