House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022 Time: 01:00 PM Location: Longworth House Office Building 1334M Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair
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On Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET, in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building (Hearing Room) and online via Cisco Webex, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a hybrid legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation:
• H.R.5444, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. The bill requires the federal government to investigate the Indian boarding school era through 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. 1st Vice President and Boarding School Survivor National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Anchorage, Alaska
Matthew War Bonnet Boarding School Survivor Rosebud Sioux Tribe Snohomish, Washington
Dr. Ramona Charette Klein Boarding School Survivor Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Medina, North Dakota
The Honorable Ben Barnes Chief Shawnee Tribe Miami, Oklahoma
Deborah Parker Chief Executive Officer National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dr. Janine Pease, D. Ed. Founding President and Faculty Member Little Big Horn College Crow Agency, Montana
House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice: https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/scip-hybrid-legislative-hearing_may-12-2022