House Appropriations Committee
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
2008 Rayburn
03/18/2026 at 01:00PM
Subcommittee hearing.
Witnesses:
Alaska
- Cynthia Petersen, President, Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
- Doreen Leavitt, Secretary and Director of Natural Resources, Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope
Pacific Northwest
- Jarred-Michael Erickson, Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
- Jeremy Takala, Tribal Councilman, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
- Kristopher Peters, Chairman, Squaxin Island Tribe
- Loni Greninger, Vice-Chair, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
- Quintin Swanson, Chairman, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
- Robert de los Angeles, Chairman, Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
- Guy Capoeman, President, Quinault Indian Nation
- William (Bill) Iyall, Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe
- Louie Ungaro, Councilman, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
- Annette Bryan, Councilwoman, Puyallup Tribe of Indians
California
- Derek Bowman, Tribal Council Member, Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
- Joe Davis, Chairman, Hoopa Valley Tribe
Tribal Organizations
- Ed Johnstone, Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC)
- Jon Panamaroff, Co-Chair, Native American Contractors Association
- Ervin Carlson, President, InterTribal Buffalo Council
- Cody Desautel, President, Intertribal Timber Council
- Mark Macarro, President, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
- Ira L. Matt, Executive Director, Indigenous Diplomacy and Federal Relations, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO)
- Cory Blankenship, Executive Director, Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)