American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Day 1

Date: 
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 9:00am
Location: 
2008 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Day 1

Witnesses

Floyd Azure
Chairman, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation

David Boxley
Councilmember, Metlakatla Indian Community

Dr. Pearl Brower
President/CEO, Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation

Jonodev Chaudhuri
Ambassador, Muscogee Creek Nation, on behalf of Chief David Hill

Abigail Echo-Hawk
Executive Vice President, Seattle Indian Health Board and Director of the Urban Indian Health Institute

Cecilia Firethunder
President, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition, Board of Trustee for Oglala Lakota College, and Little Wound School Board Member

Kirk Francis
Chief, Penobscot Indian Nation

Laurie Harper
President, Board of the Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA)

Carole Depoe Lankford
Member, Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation

Oliver Littlecook
Chairman, Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

Aurene Martin
Managing Partner, Spirit Rock LLC

Thomas Miller
Board President, Association of Community Tribal Schools (ACTS)

Dr. Buu Nygren
President, Navajo Nation

Frank Star Comes Out
President, Oglala Sioux Tribe

Jeffrey Stiffarm
President, Fort Belknap Indian Community

Ashleigh Weeks
General Manager, Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water Supply System (ASRWSS)

Larry Wright Jr.
Executive Director, National Congress of American Indian (NCAI)

Tesia Zientek
President, National Indian Education Association

118th Congress