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
NOTE: The audio tracks below have been run through a noise reduction filter to eliminate background noise.
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
