Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Oversight Hearing “Buy Native American: Federal Support for Native Business Capacity Building and Success”
Wednesday, March 16, 2022 – 04:00 PM Eastern
Location: Dirksen
Room Number: 628

Note: Video feed from Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will go live shortly before 4pm Eastern on March 16, 2022.

On Wednesday, March 16 at 4:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. HT, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled, “Buy Native American: Federal Support for Native Business Capacity Building and Success.”

The committee will hear from representatives of the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy, as well as experts from Native communities. Witnesses will discuss federal programs that help provide Native businesses with equitable access to capital markets.

Witness List
PANEL 1
Mr. Wizipan Garriott [PDF: Testimony]
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

Ms. Janie Hipp [PDF: Testimony]
General Counsel
Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC

Ms. Wahleah Johns [PDF: Testimony]
Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC

PANEL 2
Ms. Lexie Holden [PDF: Testimony]
Associate Director
Intertribal Agriculture Council
Billings, Montana

Mr. JT Willie [PDF: Testimony]
Director, Division of Economic Development
Navajo Nation
Window Rock, Arizona

Ms. J. Kukui Maunakea-Forth [PDF: Testimony]
Founder and Executive Director
MA‘O Organic Farms
Wai‘anae, Hawai‘i

Mr. Gary Hennigh [PDF: Testimony]
City Administrator
City of King Cove
Anchorage, Alaska

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice
Oversight Hearing “Buy Native American: Federal Support for Native Business Capacity Building and Success” (March 16, 2022)