Opening Remarks Indianz.Com

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Roundtable discussion entitled “The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission’s Report on Native Children.”
Date: May 8, 2024
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Dirksen
Room: 628

Witnesses:
Gloria O’Neill
Chair of the Commission
President/CEO of Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.
Anchorage, Alaska

Tami Decoteau, PhD
Vice Chair of the Commission
DeCoteau, Trauma-Informed Care & Practice, PLLC
Bismarck, North Dakota

Anita Fineday
Commissioner
Implementation Director of Equity and Engagement
Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families
Brainerd, Minnesota

Leander (Russ) McDonald
Commissioner
President of United Tribes Technical College
Bismarck, North Dakota

Don Gray
Commissioner
Board Member of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation
Anchorage, Alaska

Delia Ulima
Advisory Committee Member
Statewide Initiative Manager
HI H.O.P.E.S. Initiative, EPIC ‘Ohana Inc.
Honolulu, Hawaii

Gil Vigil
President of the Board
National Indian Child Welfare Association
Portland, Oregon

Sarah Kastelic
Executive Director
National Indian Child Welfare Association Portland, Oregon

Committee Notice:
https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/roundtable-discussion-entitled-alyce-spotted-bear-and-walter-soboleff-commissions-report-on-native-children/