American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing
Witnesses
Shawna Allison Becenti
Head of School, Navajo Preparatory School
Jon Brady
President, Native American Church Of North America
Ervin Chavez
Executive Board President, Diné Bi Olta School Board Association (DBOSBA)
Cecilia Fire Thunder
President, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition
Dr. Valerie J. Grussing PHD
Executive Director, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO)
Lionel Haskie
Director of Operations, Navajo Agricultural Products Industry
Gjermundson Jake
Board President, Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. (RNSB)
Verlon Jose
Chairman, Tohono O’odham Nation
Derrick Leslie
Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe
Stephen Roe Lewis
Governor, Gila River Indian Community
Nicholas Lovesee
Director of Policy, Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)
Troy Lunderman
Human Resources Director, St. Francis Indian School
Aurene Martin
Treasurer, Board of Directors for the National Indian Child Welfare Association
Robert Miguel
Chairman, Ak-Chin Indian Community
Lloyd Miller
Counsel, National Tribal Contract Support Cost Coalition
Lawrence Mirabal
Vice President of Operations, The Institute of American Indian Arts
Buu Nygren
President, Navajo Nation
Sherry J. Parker
Chairwoman, Hualapai Tribe
Anhiwake Rose
Vice-President of Congressional and Federal Relations, American Indian Higher Education Consortium
William F. Smith
Chairman and Alaska Area Representative, National Indian Health Board
Ryan Wilson
President, Oglala Lakota/National Alliance to Save Native Languages
Todd Wilson
Executive Director, National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
Tesia Zientek
Board President, National Indian Education Association