Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Time: 01:00 PM
Location: Longworth House Office Building 1334M
Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair
On Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET, in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building (Hearing Room) and on-line through Cisco Webex, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a hybrid legislative listening to on the following tribal-related laws:
• H.R.5444, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. The invoice requires the federal authorities to analyze the Indian boarding faculty period by a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States and a Truth and Healing Advisory Committee.
Witness List
James LaBelle, Sr. [Testimony: PDF]
1st Vice President and Boarding School Survivor
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Anchorage, Alaska
Matthew War Bonnet [Testimony: PDF]
Boarding School Survivor
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Snohomish, Washington
Dr. Ramona Charette Klein [Testimony: PDF]
Boarding School Survivor
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Medina, North Dakota
The Honorable Ben Barnes [Testimony: PDF]
Chief
Shawnee Tribe
Miami, Oklahoma
Deborah Parker [Testimony: PDF]
Chief Executive Officer
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dr. Janine Pease, D. Ed. [Testimony: PDF]
Founding President and Faculty Member
Little Big Horn College
Crow Agency, Montana
House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Documents
Hybrid Legislative Hearing – May 12, 2022 (naturalresources.home.gov)
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5444 (docs.home.gov)
