House Natural Resources Committee
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
1334 Longworth
04/22/2026 at 10:15AM
On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Tribal Natural Resource Development: Barriers and Successes.”
Witnesses:
- Frank White Clay, Chairman, Crow Tribe of Indians, Billings, Montana
- Andrew Gallegos, Councilman, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado
- Ken Ahmann, Chief Operating Officer, Colusa Indian Energy, Colusa, California
- Talia Martin, Co-Executive Director, Tribal Energy Alternatives, Oakland, California (Minority Witness)
Of the roughly 56 million acres of tribal reservation lands, an estimated 15 million acres contain energy and mineral resources, with 2.1 million acres currently in production. The Crow Tribe alone has an estimated 17 billion tons of undeveloped coal.