Assistant Secretary Larry EchoHawk, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said he will address leadership issues at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas after he hires a new director for the Bureau of Indian Education.

President Linda Sue Warner, a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, has been on detail since September 2009. She happens to be a finalist for the BIE position.

“What I have learned here, and what I think ought to happen, is that the new Bureau of Indian Education director and I are on the same page,” EchoHawk said at Haskell yesterday, The Lawrence Journal-World reported. “Then I think we’ll be able to take the next step.”

EchoHawk said he might hire a BIE director as early as next week.

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Official studies Haskell’s problems during visit (The Kansas City Star 4/2)
President of Haskell finalist for D.C. job (The Lawrence Journal-World 4/2)

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