HearingCompleted

American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing

Feb 27, 20252:00 PM2008, Rayburn House Office Building

Witnesses · 27

1

Reno Franklin

Chair, California Rural Indian Health Board

2

Anthony Locklear

Interim Chief Executive Officer, National Indian Health Board

3

Jason Dropik

Executive Director, National Indian Education Association

4

Teresa Sanchez

Health Board Delegate, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health Inc.

5

Mark Macarro

President, National Congress of American Indians

6

Jerilyn Church

President, Chief Executive Officer, Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board

7

Inder Wadhwa

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Valley Indian Health

8

Ahniwake Rose

President, Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Higher Education Consortium

9

Crystal Williams

Treasurer, United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund

10

Monique Martin

Vice President of Intergovernmental Affairs, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

11

Cecilia Fire Thunder

Chairwoman, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition

12

Jordan Etcitty

Executive Director, Diné bi Olta School Board Association

13

Aurene Martin

Board of Directors Member, National Indian Child Welfare Association

14

Esther Lucero

President, Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board

15

Lloyd Miller

Council, National Tribal Contract Support Coalition

16

Jeremy Takala

Chair, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

17

Ed Johnstone

Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

18

Heather Thompson

Vice President, Native Nations Conservation and Food Systems

19

Austin Lowes

Tribal Chairman, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

20

Cody Desautel

President, Intertribal Timber Council

21

Cory Blankenship

Executive Director, Native American Finance Officers Association

22

Jason Schlender

Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission

23

Robyn Sunday-Allen

Chief Executive Officer, National Council of Urban Indian Health

24

Toni Tsatoke-Mule

Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency and Higher Education

25

Abigail Echo-Hawk

Director, Urban Indian Health Institute

26

Ileen Sylvester

Executive Vice President for Executive and Tribal Services, Southcentral Foundation

27

Greg Abrahamson

Vice-Chair, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board