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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts infrastructure roundtable
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.

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
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.
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
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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