Hearing: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness (Day 1, Afternoon Session)

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

Panel one

Chuck Hoskin Jr.
Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Jonodev Chaudhuri
Ambassador, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Panel two

James Naranjo
Governor, Pueblo of Santa Clara

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Charles Riley
Governor, Pueblo of Acoma

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Panel three

Verlon Jose
Chairman, The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Dr. Buu Nygren
President, Navajo Nation

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Panel four

Robyn Sunday-Allen
President-Elect, National Council of Urban Indian Health

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

A.C. Locklear
Chief Executive Officer, National Indian Health Board

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Abigail Echo-Hawk MA (Pawnee)
Director, Urban Indian Health Institute

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Conrad Jacket
Board Member, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Panel five

Teresa Sanchez
Board President, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc., Tribal Member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Esther Lucero MPP (Diné)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Aaron Hines
Chair, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Leanndra Ross
Vice President, Executive and Tribal Services, Southcentral Foundation of Alaska

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Panel six

Angelique Albert
Chief Executive Officer, Native Forward Scholar Fund

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Ahniwake Rose (Cherokee & Muscogee)
President & CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Panel seven

Cecilia Fire Thunder
President, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition (OLNEC)

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/13/2026 at 04:36 PM

Aurene Martin
Secretary, National Indian Child Welfare Association

• Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/16/2026 at 12:44 PM
• Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/16/2026 at 12:44 PM
• Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/16/2026 at 12:44 PM