House Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 – 1:30 PM
Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA

WITNESSES
Panel one
Jeffrey Stiffarm
President
Fort Belknap Indian Community

Harlan Baker
Chairman
Chippewa Cree Tribe Business Committee and Rocky Boy Health Center

Ryan Rusche
Citizen
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck

Panel two
Carole Lankford
Councilwoman
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation

Gene Small
President
Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Panel three
Bruce Savage
Chairman
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Darrell Seki Sr.
Chairman
Red Lake Band Chippewa Indians

Leonard Fineday
Secretary
Treasurer
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Virgil Wind
Chief Executive
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Panel four
J. Conrad “JC” Seneca
President
Seneca Nation

Wena Supernaw
Business Committee Chair
Quapaw Nation

Jeff Wacoche
Chief
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

Panel five
Ken Ahmann
Tribal Utility Authority Director
Colusa Indian Community Council

Jose Simon III
Chairman
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Panel six
Josh Cook
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians

Lester “Shine” Nieto
Chairman
Tule River Indian Tribe of California

James Naranjo
Governor
Pueblo of Santa Clara

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American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing Day 1, Afternoon Session

Q&A between Gaylord News reporter Nancy Marie Spears and US Poet Laureate and author Joy Harjo.

A conversation with Joy Harjo

Give me half a reason,
I wouldn’t want to go out of my way.
I don’t think I miss you.
Faces in the wall tell me I’ve got to stay.

They just keep on comin’.
Trying my best to throw this story away,
but the sun keeps shinin’.
All the folks are still sayin they’re still on their way.

Dont think i miss you

Sittin on my ass.
Sittin in this class I
try to be good 
I try to be great but I 
think that it’s too late
I think that I’ve found my fate

Do you hear the word?
They’re sayin’ we’re at the end
The end of the road
I can’t keep off my toes

Found my fate

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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Oversight Hearing to “Examine Native Communities’ Priorities for the 119th Congress”
Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Dirksen
Room: 628

Witnesses
Panel 1
The Honorable Mark Macarro
President
National Congress of American Indians
Washington, DC

The Honorable William Smith
Chairperson / Alaska Area Representative
Valdez Native Tribe / National Indian Health Board
Washington DC

The Honorable Rodney Butler
Board President
Native American Financial Officers Association
Washington DC

Mr. Kerry Bird
Board President
National Indian Education Association
Washington, DC

Mr. Kūhiō Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
Kapolei, Hawaii

Committee Notice:
https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/oversight-hearing-to-examine-native-communities-priorities-for-the-119th-congress/

Kerry Bird / National Indian Education Association

Jeffrey Stiffarm / Fort Belknap Indian Community

Harlan Baker / Chippewa Cree Tribe

Q&A with Panel One

Opening Remarks

Ryan Rusche / Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

Explore the context and history of diversity, equity, and inclusion with Velicia McMillan Humes, chief diversity officer for the city of Tempe.

(Audio by Cheyla Daverman/Cronkite News)

DEI order jeopardizes science and health program for Native American youths

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