Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts infrastructure roundtable

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Note: Video feed from Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will start shortly before 2:30pm Eastern on June 23, 2021.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking another look at infrastructure in Native communities.

The committee will host a roundtable titled “Concrete Solutions: Building a Successful Foundation for Native Communities’ Infrastructure Development” on Wednesday afternoon. It comes after a prior oversight hearing that focused on water needs in Indian Country.

Members and staff of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Photo: SCIA

A panel of federal officials and experts from American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities will be participating in the roundtable. The list of presenters follows:

Mr. Anthony “Morgan” Rodman
Executive Director
White House Council on Native American Affairs
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Jason Freihage
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Management, Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

The Honorable Janet Davis
Chairwoman
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
Nixon, Nevada

The Honorable David Flute
Secretary
South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations
Pierre, South Dakota

Mr. William Aila, Jr.
Chairman
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Kapolei, Hawaii

Mr. Anthony Walters
Executive Director
National American Indian Housing Council
Washington, D.C.

Ms. Carol Gore
President & CEO
Cook Inlet Housing Authority
Anchorage, Alaska

Mr. Godfrey Enjady
President
National Tribal Telecommunications Association
Chandler, Arizona

The roundtable is scheduled to begin at 2:30pm Eastern on Wednesday. It will be streamed live on indian.senate.gov.

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice

Roundtable discussion on “Concrete Solutions: Building a Successful Foundation for Native Communities’ Infrastructure Development” (June 23, 2021)

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