A view of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Photo from JGHowes / Wikipedia
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a field hearing on drugs in Indian Country next week. The March 31 hearing will examine the harmful effects of drugs in reservation communities. Tribal, federal and state representatives will share what they are doing to address the problem. The hearing takes place at 10:30am at the Chiefs Technical Center at the Wyoming Indian High School in Ethete. The witness list follows:
Panel ICommittee Notice:
The Honorable Christopher A. Crofts
United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming, U.S. Department of Justice
Mr. Darren Cruzan
Director of the Office of Justice Services for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Mr. Andrew Hanson
Special Agent for the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation
Ms. Barbra Roach
Special Agent in Charge for the Denver Field Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice
Mr. Thomas Ravenelle
Special Agent in Charge for the Denver Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Panel II
The Honorable Jodie McAdams
Council Member of the Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
Mr. Robert G. McSwain
Acting Director for the Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Ms. Sunny Goggles
Director of the White Buffalo Recovery Program for the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
Mr. Claullen Tillman
Eastern Shoshone Tribal Member and Rocky Mountain Representative to the United National Indian Tribal Youth
Oversight Field Hearing on "Addressing the Harmful Effects of Dangerous Drugs in Native Communities." (March 31, 2015)
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