House Committee on Appropriations

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – 9:00 AM

Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA

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Witnesses

Panel one

Darrell G. Seki Sr.

Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians

Michael Fairbanks

Chairman, White Earth Nation

Virgil Wind

Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Grant Johnson [Note: did not appear in person]

Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community

Panel two

Bruce Savage

Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Austin Lowes

Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Winnay Wemigwase

Chairperson, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

John Johnson

President, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Panel three

Jason Schlender

Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission

Whitney Gravelle [Note: did not appear in person]

President, Bay Mills Indian Community/Board Member, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority

Aja DeCoteau

Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Panel four

Ashton Picard

Vice-Chairman, Nez Perce Tribe

Donna Thompson

Chairwoman, Fort Hall Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Chief Allan

Chairman, Coeur d’Alene Tribe

Panel five and seven

Stacy Shepherd [Note: Did not appear in person]

Executive Officer of Member Services, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Dr. Toni Tsatoke-Mule

Executive Director, Kiowa Education Agency, Kiowa Tribe

Kristina Andrew

Third Chief, Curyung Tribal Council

Vivian Korthuis

Chief Executive Officer, Association of Village Council Presidents

Panel six

Brian Harris [Note: did not appear in person]

Chief, Catawba Nation

Panel seven [Note: See panel five]

Panel eight

Duane Clarke

Chairman, The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona

Derrick W. Leslie

Tribal Education Department Director, White Mountain Apache Tribe

Duane Jackson Jr.

Council Member, Gila River Indian Community

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