Cecilia Fire Thunder / Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition

House Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Public Witness Hearing - American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 2, Morning Session
Date: Wed, 05/08/2024 - 9:00 AM
Location: Capitol Complex, RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515

Witnesses
Robert Miguel
Chairman, Ak-Chin Indian Community

Sherry J. Parker
Chairwoman, Hualapai Tribe

Stephen Roe Lewis
Governor, Gila River Indian Community

Ervin Chavez
Executive Board President, Diné Bi Olta School Board Association (DBOSBA)

Derrick Leslie
Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe

Buu Nygren
President, Navajo Nation

Tesia Zientek
Board President, National Indian Education Association

Anhiwake Rose
Vice-President of Congressional and Federal Relations, American Indian Higher Education Consortium

Shawna Allison Becenti
Head of School, Navajo Preparatory School

Gjermundson Jake
Board President, Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. (RNSB)

Cecilia Fire Thunder
President, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition

Troy Lunderman
Human Resources Director, St. Francis Indian School

Ryan Wilson
President, Oglala Lakota/National Alliance to Save Native Languages

Lloyd Miller
Counsel

Dr. Valerie J. Grussing, PHD
Executive Director, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO)

Nicholas Lovesee
Director of Policy, Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)

Aurene Martin
Treasurer, Board of Directors for the National Indian Child Welfare Association

William F. Smith
Chairman and Alaska Area Representative, National Indian Health Board

Todd Wilson
Executive Director, National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)

Jon Brady
President, Native American Church Of North America

Verlon Jose
Chairman, Tohono O’odham Nation

Lawrence Mirabal
Vice President of Operations, The Institute of American Indian Arts

Lionel Haskie
Director of Operations, Navajo Agricultural Products Industry

Committee Notice:
https://appropriations.house.gov/even...