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Witnesses: Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing in Montana





The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a field hearing on Indian youth issues tomorrow.

The hearing takes place at the Poplar High School on the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Reservation in Montana. The witness list follows:
Panel # 1
The Honorable Rusty Stafne
Chairman, Fort Peck Tribes

Ms. Deborah Halliday
Policy Advisor, Community Learning Partnerships, Montana Office of Public Instruction

Mr. Richard Manning
Research Associate, National Native Children's Trauma Center at the University of Montana

Miss Fanci Jackson
Fort Peck Youth Council member, Fort Peck Tribes

Panel # 2
Dr. Rose Weahkee
Ph.D., Director. Division of Behavioral Health, Indian Health Service

Mr. Edward F. Parisian
Billings Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Dr. Richard Mckeon
Lead Public Health Advisor, Suicide Prevention Team, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING on "Empowering Native Youth to Reclaim their Future" (August 9, 2011)

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