Full Committee Oversight Field Hearing On Indian Education (10:00AM)

The House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), will hold an oversight field hearing on Indian Education.

Subject:
House Natural Resources Committee
Oversight Field Hearing on Indian Education

When:
Friday, August 6, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Cheyenne River College Center
100 Lincoln Street
Eagle Butte, South Dakota

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Mr. David Talayumptewa
Assistant Deputy Director for Administration
Bureau of Indian Education
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Panel 2

The Honorable Joseph Brings Plenty, Sr.
Chairman
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte
South Dakota

The Honorable Duane Big Eagle
Chairman
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Ft. Thompson, South Dakota

The Honorable Michael Jandreau
Chairman
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Lower Brule, South Dakota

The Honorable Michael I. Selvage, Sr.
Chairman
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Agency Village, South Dakota

The Honorable Jody Zephier
Councilman
Yankton Sioux Tribe
Marty, South Dakota

Panel 3

Ms. Cindy Young
Director of Education
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Rosebud, South Dakota

Ms. Dayna Brave Eagle
Director of Education
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Ms. Emma Jean Blue Earth
Higher Education Director
Standing Rocks Sioux Tribe
Ft. Yates, North Dakota

Mr. Thomas Shortbull
President
Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota