Witness list for Senate Indian Affairs Committee budget hearing

Monday, March 14, 2011  

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold its first oversight hearing of the 112th Congress tomorrow.

The hearing focuses on the Obama administration's fiscal year 2012 budget request for Indian programs. It takes place at 10:00am in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

The witness list follows:

Panel # 1
The Honorable Larry J. Echo Hawk
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior

The Honorable Yvette Roubideaux
Director, Indian Health Service U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panel # 2
The Honorable W. Ron Allen
Treasurer, National Congress of American Indians, and Chairman, Jamestown S'KIaIlam Tribe

Ms. Mary Jane Wak Wak
President, National Indian Education Association

The Honorable Earl J. Barbry Sr
Chairman, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., and Chairman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana

The Honorable James Steele, Jr
First Vice-President, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, and Council Member, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

Panel # 3
The Honorable John BlackHawk
Chairman, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

The Honorable Michael O. Finley
Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

The Honorable Walter Dasheno
Governor, Pueblo of Santa Clara

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on the President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget for Tribal Programs (March 15, 2011)

Senate Indian Affairs Committee sets budget hearing next week (3/7)