Published September 19, 2019
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, September 19, Joe James, the chairman of the Yurok Tribe, will make testimony before the U.S. House of Representative’s Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, Natural Resources Committee, in favor of the Yurok Lands Act of 2019 (H.R. 1312).
The bill will allow the Yurok Tribe the right to help manage its own land by granting the Tribe a seat at the table with the National Parks, other federal government agencies.
Yurok Tribal Chairman Joe James
Thursday, 9/19/19 at 2pm you can live stream on the following
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Time: 02:00 PM
Location: Longworth House Office Building 1324
Presiding: The Hon. Ruben Gallego
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