Subcommittee Hearing: SCIP Hybrid Legislative Hearing – May 12, 2022

Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022 Time: 01:00 PM Location: Longworth House Office Building 1334 Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair

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 (Rep. Sharice Davids, D-KS), To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes. “Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.”

Witness List

James LaBelle, Sr. (testimony)

1st Vice President and Boarding School Survivor

National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

Anchorage, AK

Matthew War Bonnet (testimony)

Boarding School Survivor

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Snohomish, WA

Dr. Ramona Charette Klein (testimony)

Boarding School Survivor

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

Medina, ND

The Honorable Ben Barnes (testimony)

Chief

Shawnee Tribe

Miami, OK

Deborah Parker (testimony)

Chief Executive Officer

National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Janine Pease, D. Ed. (testimony)

Founding President and Faculty Member

Little Big Horn College

Crow Agency, MT