Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs hearing on Native CLASS Act

Wednesday, June 29, 2011  

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on S.1262, the Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act, or the Native CLASS Act.

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

Panel # 1
Mr. William Mendoza
Acting Director, White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Education

Mr. Kieth Moore
Director, Bureau of Indian Education

Panel # 2
The Honorable Cedric Cromwell
Board of Directors, United South and Eastern Tribes/Chairman, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Mr. Scott Russell
Rocky Mountain Region Area Vice President, National Congress of American Indians/ Secretary, Crow Tribe, Crow Agency, MT

Ms. Amy Bowers
Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund

Panel # 3
Ms. Dayna Brave Eagle
Tribal Education Department, Oglala Sioux Tribe

Panel # 4
Ms. Lisa John
Education Administrator, Chickasaw Nation

Committee Notice:
HEARING on S. 1262, the Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act. Native CLASS (June 30, 2011)

Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on Native CLASS Act (6/27)