The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing tomorrow to discuss gang activity in Indian Country.

A recent Department of Justice report blames gangs for a rise in beatings, gang rapes, elder abuse, home invasions and drive-by shootings on reservations. “Some tribes are ill-equipped to address this burgeoning crime problem,” the DOJ said, according to the Associated Press.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The witness list follows:

THE HONORABLE JOHN MOUSSEAU
Tribal Council, Chairman-Tribal judicial Council, Oglala Sioux Tribe,

THE HONORABLE BRIAN NISSEN
Tribal Council, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

MR. SAMPSON COWBOY
Director, Department of Public Safety, Navajo Nation

MR. CARMEN SMITH
Chief of Police, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING to examine the increase of gang activity in Indian country (July 30, 2009)