The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a confirmation hearing this Thursday for Larry EchoHawk to be assistant secretary of Indian affairs at the Department of the Interior.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. Two witnesses are on the agenda:

Panel 1
THE HONORABLE ALONZO A. COBY
Chairman, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Fort Hall, Idaho

Panel 2
MR. LARRY J. ECHO HAWK
Nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

EchoHawk is a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.

Committee Notice:
HEARING on the nomination of Larry J. Echo Hawk to be Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior (May 7, 2009)

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