HearingCompleted

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness (Day 1, Afternoon Session)

Mar 17, 20265:00 PM2008, Rayburn House Office Building

Witnesses · 21

1

Reggie Wassana

Governor, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

2

Charles Riley

Governor, Pueblo of Acoma

3

Verlon Jose

Chairman, The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona

4

Abigail Echo-Hawk

Director, Urban Indian Health Institute

5

Aaron Hines

Chair, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

6

Laurie Harper

President, Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA)

7

Aurene Martin

Secretary, National Indian Child Welfare Association

8

James Naranjo

Governor, Pueblo of Santa Clara

9

Conrad Jacket

Board Member, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc.

10

Esther Lucero

President and Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board

11

Angelique Albert

Chief Executive Officer, Native Forward Scholar Fund

12

Cecilia Fire Thunder

President, Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition (OLNEC)

13

Robyn Sunday-Allen

President-Elect, National Council of Urban Indian Health

14

Teresa Sanchez

Board President, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc., Tribal Member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians

15

Leanndra Ross

Vice President, Executive and Tribal Services, Southcentral Foundation of Alaska

16

Chuck Hoskin

Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation

17

Jonodev Chaudhuri

Ambassador, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation

18

Dr. Buu Nygren

President, Navajo Nation

19

A.C. Locklear

Chief Executive Officer, National Indian Health Board

20

Ahniwake Rose

President & CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium

21

Dr. Shelly Lowe

President, Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (IAIA)