House Committee on AppropriationsSubcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesPublic Witness Hearing - American Indian & Alaska Native: Day 1, Morning SessionDate: Tue, 05/07/2024 - 9:00 AMLocation: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515WitnessesMr. Lee Juan TylerChairman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Ms. Whitney GravellePresident, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority Mr. Kirk FrancisChief of Penobscot Indian Nation, United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF) Mr. Robert Blanchard [Note: Witness was not present]Chairman, Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa IndiansMr. Grant JohnsonPresident, Prairie Island Indian Community Mr. Darrell Seki, Sr.Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Mr. Kevin Dupuis, Sr.Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Mr. Jason SchlenderAdministrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Mr. Austin Lowes [Note: Initial part of statement not audible]Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians Mr. George W. ThompsonVice President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Mr. Henry FoxVice Chairman, White Earth NationMr. Dana Sam BucklesCouncilman, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Ms. Carole LankfordCouncilwoman, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation Mr. Joseph RosetteCouncilman, Chippewa Cree TribeMs. Ashleigh WeeksGeneral Manager, Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water Supply System Mr. Marvin Weatherwax, Jr.Councilman, Blackfeet Tribe of Montana Mr. George Jay BallCouncilman, Fort Belknap Indian Community Ms. Shere Wright-PlankCouncilwoman, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Mr. Ervin CarlsonPresident, Inter-Tribal Buffalo Council Mr. Frank Star Comes OutPresident, Oglala Sioux Tribe Mr. Frank AdamsChief, Upper Mattaponi Tribe Mr. Stephen AdkinsChief, Chickahominy TribeCommittee Notice:https://appropriations.house.gov/events/hearings/public-witness-hearing-american-indian-alaska-native-day-1-morning-session