• Introduction - 10:11 - 2.3MB Panel 1The hearing starts at 9:30am. It should be broadcast online at http://indian.senate.gov/public. Related Stories:
• Testimony - 20:59 - 4.8MB | Q&A - 23:34 - 5.4MB
MR. JERRY GIDNER
Deputy Director for Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Accompanied by:
MR. CHET EAGLEMAN, Acting Chief, Division of Human Services;
MR. KEVIN SKENANDORE, Acting Director, Office of Indian Education Programs; and
MR. PETER MAYBEE, Assistant to the Deputy Bureau Director, Law Enforcement Services DR. CHARLES W. GRIM
Director, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Accompanied by:
MR. JON PEREZ, Director, Indian Health Service Division of Behavior Health, Rockville, Maryland MR. CHARLES G. CURIE M.A.,
A.C.S.W., Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Panel 2
• Testimony - 26:26 - 6.0MB | Q&A - 10:54 - 2.5MB
MS. DONNA VIGIL
Director, Division of Health Programs, White Mountain Apache Tribe
Accompanied by:
DR. NORINE ASHLEY, PsyD, Director, Apache Behavioral Health Services, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, Arizona
MR. FREDERICK L. HUBBARD, Associate Director, Community Relations, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, Arizona MR. WILLIAM E. MARTIN
Chairman, Alaska State Suicide Prevention Council, and 1st Vice President, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska DR. R. DALE WALKER
Director, One Sky Center, Oregon Health and Sciences University MS. JO ANN KAUFFMAN
Project Director, Native Aspirations Project
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