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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...