The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a field hearing on Indian education on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota this Friday.

The hearing takes place at 10am at the Cheyenne River College Center, 100 Lincoln Street, in Eagle Butte. The witness list follows:

Panel 1
Mr. David Talayumptewa
Assistant Deputy Director for Administration, Bureau of Indian Education

Panel 2
The Honorable Joseph Brings Plenty, Sr.
Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

The Honorable Duane Big Eagle
Chairman, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

The Honorable Michael Jandreau
Chairman, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

The Honorable Michael I. Selvage, Sr.
Chairman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate

The Honorable Jody Zephier
Councilman, Yankton Sioux Tribe

Panel 3
Ms. Cindy Young
Director of Education, Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Ms. Dayna Brave Eagle
Director of Education, Oglala Sioux Tribe

Ms. Emma Jean Blue Earth
Higher Education Director, Standing Rocks Sioux Tribe

Mr. Thomas Shortbull
President, Oglala Lakota College

Committee Notice:
Full Committee Oversight Field Hearing On Indian Education (August 6, 2010)

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