The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has scheduled an April 23 confirmation hearing for Yvette Roubideaux to be director of the Indian Health Service.

Roubideaux is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. If confirmed, she would be the first Native woman to lead the IHS.

The hearing is set to take place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Committee Notice:
HEARING on the nomination of Yvette Roubideaux to be Director of the Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (April 23, 2009)

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