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