House Tribal Affairs Committee

HJR 17 – SUPPORT FED TRUTH AND HEALING COMMISSION — Public Testimony — Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled

HJR 17 – SUPPORT FED TRUTH AND HEALING COMMISSION

Presentation: State-Tribal Education Compact Schools by Joel Isaak, Director of Tribal Affairs, Department of Education and Early Development

Presentation: Understanding Recent Changes To Alaska’s Unique Legal Landscape and How Alaska Tribes Are Pursuing Justice and Public Safety In Our Communities by Tami Truett Jerue, Executive Director; and Rick A. Haskins-Garcia, Co-Director of Law and Policy, Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center; Alex Cleghorn, Chief Operating Officer; and Maude Blair, Tribal Justice Manager, Alaska Native…

Presentation: Multi-Jurisdictional Approach to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) by Commissioner James Cockrell; Darlene Dye, Tribal Liaison; and Lantz Dahlke and Lonny Piscoya, MMIP Investigators, Department of Public Safety; Tami Truett Jerue, Executive Director; and Kendra Kloster, Co-Director, Law and Policy, Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center; Joel Jackson, President, Organized Village of Kake; and…

Presentation: Meaningful Alaska Native Representation on Boards and Commissions by Richard Peterson, President, Tlingit & Haida; Waahlaal Giidaag Barbara Blake, Senior Director of the Alaska Native Policy Center, First Alaskans Institute; Karen Linnell, Executive Director, Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission, and Former Member, Alaska Board of Game; Robin Samuelson, Former CEO, Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation,…

Presentation: State-Tribal Education Compact Schools by Joel Isaak, Director of Tribal Affairs, Department of Education and Early Development

Presentation: Alaska Legal Services Corporation Community Justice Worker Program by Nikole Nelson, President, Alaska Legal Services Corporation

Presentation: Alaska Native Language Preservation & Advisory Council by X’unei Lance Twitchell, Ph.D, Professor of Alaska Native Languages, University of Alaska Southeast, and Yaayuk Bernadette Alvanna-Stimpfle, Director, Kawerak Eskimo Heritage Program

Presentation: Tribal Health Compacts by Alberta Unok, President/CEO, Alaska Native Health Board; April Kyle, President/CEO, Southcentral Foundation; and Monique Martin, Vice President of Intergovernmental Affairs, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium