Hearing - Native American Public Witnesses

Witnesses:

The Honorable Laura Richardson, Representative, US Congress

Robert Bear, Chairman, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation

Arlan Melendez, Chairman, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Tribal Council

Nathan Small, Chairman, Ft. Hall Business Council, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Andrew Joseph, Chairperson of the Board, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Ron Suppah, Vice-Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

Delores Pigsley, Chairman, Tribal Council, Siletz Tribe

N. Kathryn Brigham, Secretary, Board of Trustees, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

C. Larry Blythe, Board Member, Intertribal Timber Council

N. Kathryn Brigham, Secretary, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Cheryle A. Kennedy, Chairwoman, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

Joseph Pavel, Vice-Chairman, Skokomish Tribal Nation

Lawrence W. LaPointe, Vice-Chairman, Puyallup Tribe

Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Ray Peters, Inter-Governmental Liaison to the Tribal Council, Squaxin Island Tribe

Sheri Lee Williams, Councilwoman, Lummi Indian Business Council

Fawn Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation

Micah McCarty, Chairman, Makah Tribal Council

Brian Patterson, President, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.

(Testimony: Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV)

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