NRDems Forum: on Taking a Stand Protecting Water and Native American Sacred and Cultural Resources at Standing Rock

Date: Thursday, September 22, 2016 Time: 01:30 PM Location: Cannon House Office Building 210

The forum, titled Taking a Stand: Protecting Water and Native American Sacred and Cultural Resources at Standing Rock, examined the Federal trust responsibility to tribes, tribal sovereignty, and treaty obligations; the moral and legal obligations to protect sacred sites and Native American cultural resources; and access to safe drinking water on Standing Rock tribal land and environmental justice.  

Witnesses

  1. The Honorable Gracey Claymore
    Member
    Standing Rock Youth Council
  2. The Honorable Wendsler Nosie
    Councilman
    Apache Stronghold
  3. The Honorable Faith Spotted Eagle
    Spiritual Leader and Elder
    Ihanktonwan Oyate
  4. The Honorable Harold Frazier
    Chairman
    Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
  5. The Honorable Dave Archambault II
    Chairman
    Standing Rock Sioux Tribe