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 Sharon F. Lee
Vice Chair
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
The Honorable Rachel E. Bernie
Tribal Secretary
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
Dr. Sherry Johnson
Superintendent
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Agency Village, South Dakota
Accompanied by
Mr. Ted Hamilton
Tiospa Zina Tribal School
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
Ms. Laurel Vermillion
President
Sitting Bull College
Ft. Yates, North Dakota
Additional oral testimonies were given by (from hearing audience):
Mr. R.J. Lawrence
Student
Cheyenne River High School
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Ms. Beverly M. Bowker
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Dupree, South Dakota
Ms. Hazel Red Bird
Elder
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Ms. Marcella LeBeau
Elder
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte, South Dakota