Deb Haaland

Tribes deserve a seat at the decision-making table before policies are made that impact their communities.

Tribal and Wellness Courts are tangible evidence of our sovereign status and promote healing and reduce criminal activity.

We urge the subcommittee to establish permanent and recurring funds for Tribal Courts within BIA's Public Safety and Justice account.

We urge the subcommittee to significantly increase this 'neediest of the needy' housing program for fiscal Year 2023.

I ask today that you uphold Secretary Haaland's important decision to protect a small part of our homelands.

I have witnessed the ruinous aftermath of countless explosions, spills, and leaks at fracking sites that cause irreversible damage to our lands.

For too long, the American Federal Government has facilitated and benefited from the destruction of our sacred lands.

Let's protect Chaco Canyon. Let's find a path forward.

I urge you to oppose House Resolution 4374 and direct the Department of the Interior to move forward with the Honoring Chaco Initiative.

As a Dine citizen, I strongly support the 2023 public land order from the DOI to administratively withdraw federal lands in an approximate 10-mile withdrawal area surrounding the Chaco National Historical Park and its outliers for a…

For 10 years, there have been resolutions by Navajo Chapter Houses to have the federal government implement better land management and prevention of further leasing on Public lands.

Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American Secretary, has made restoration of tribal homelands one of her top priorities.

But legislation that addresses lands, like the Wounded Knee legislation, for example, I think it is important because it represents not only the Department of the Interior's act to solidify that connection and to demonstrate respect...

We will follow the law to the best of our ability.

There is a process that we go through when we think about the lease sales that we have to have.

Oil production is at an all-time high on federal public lands here in our country.

I don't know what kind of minerals were there. I don't think they were critical minerals.

Losing 1,500 law enforcement personnel in Indian Country would be devastating across the country.

I will always appreciate you standing up for tribal communities and specifically for this terrible violence against Indian people.

We absolutely agree with you that bonding reforms are long overdue.

We want to use every tool in the tool box.

Any budget cuts with respect to how we are managing this terrible drought in the West will have a negative affect on the communities that we serve.

If the budget cuts go through, we could lose 1,500 tribal law enforcement personnel.

There would also be delay in BIE school repairs in the building of schools for children.

If spending for defense programs kept level, then non-defense programs would face steep cuts of 22 percent or more.