House panel to hold field hearing at Lower Brule

Wednesday, May 23, 2007  

The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a field hearing on June 1 to discuss law enforcement in Indian Country.

The hearing will take place on the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-South Dakota), a member of the committee, will host.

The committee will hear from three panels who will discuss violence against women, detention facilities and other law enforcement issues.

Get the Story:
U.S. House field hearing set for Lower Brule (The Rapid City Journal 5/23)
Press Release: HERSETH SANDLIN ANNOUNCES NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE FIELD HEARING IN LOWER BRULE (Herseth Sandlin 5/21)

Committee Notice:
Full Committee Oversight Hearing: “The Needs and Challenges of Tribal Law Enforcement on Indian Reservations" (June 1, 2007)

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