{"id":10201,"date":"2021-04-14T12:12:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T16:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=10201"},"modified":"2021-11-30T19:29:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T00:29:19","slug":"senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-examines-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/14\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-examines-covid-19-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs examines COVID-19 response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/isvp\/?type=arch&amp;comm=indian&amp;filename=indian041421&amp;auto_play=false&amp;poster=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/sites\/all\/themes\/ldsbootstrap\/images\/Indian-affairs-video-bg.png\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Note: Video feed from <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/oversight-hearing-examining-covid-19-response-native-communities-native-health-systems-one>Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> will start shortly before 2:30pm Eastern<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs examines COVID-19 response<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, April 14, 2021<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8226;  <strong> On Clubhouse: <a href=https:\/\/www.joinclubhouse.com\/event\/MwkG9Ddv>Indianz.Com Listening Room<\/a> [Audio Only]<\/strong>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOne year into the <a href=\/covid19\/>COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, how are Native communities doing after suffering the highest infection, hospitalization and death rates in the U.S?\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThat question will be discussed at  a hearing of the  <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/>Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> on Wednesday afternoon. The title is <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/oversight-hearing-examining-covid-19-response-native-communities-native-health-systems-one>\u201cExamining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Health Systems One Year Later.\u201d<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe committee is hearing from a panel of federal, tribal and Native witnesses. The goal is to find out lessons learned over the past year and how the U.S. government can better help American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe witness list follows:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=mx-5>\r\nRear Admiral Michael Toedt, M.D. <BR>\r\nChief Medical Officer<BR>\r\nIndian Health Service<BR> Rockville, MD\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Honorable William Smith <BR>\r\nChairperson<BR>\r\nNational Indian Health Board<BR> Washington, DC\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMr. Walter Murillo <BR>\r\nBoard President<BR>\r\nNational Council of Urban Indian Heath<BR> Washington, DC\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Sheri-Ann Daniels <BR>\r\nExecutive Director<BR>\r\nPapa Ola L\u014dkahi<BR> Honolulu, HI\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Robert Onders <BR>\r\nAlaska Native Medical Center <BR>\r\n Anchorage, AK\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe hearing takes place at 2:30pm Eastern. It will be <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/oversight-hearing-examining-covid-19-response-native-communities-native-health-systems-one>broadcast on indian.senate.gov<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMembers of Clubhouse can also join a <a href=https:\/\/www.joinclubhouse.com\/event\/MwkG9Ddv >listening room hosted by Indianz.Com<\/a> in the afternoon. Anyone seeking an invite to the audio-based platform can send a direct message to <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz>@indianz on Twitter<\/a> or to <a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/indianzcom>indianzcom on Facebook<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinclubhouse.com\/\">Clubhouse app<\/a> is currently limited to Apple   devices. A phone number is required to join but users are not required to share their contacts with the platform until they invite others.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_www-instagram-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CNpnEoLrXRr\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/15\/649518764_18057586988441006_8391917879918649317_n.jpg\" alt=\"Natives on Clubhouse on Instagram: &quot;Today&#039;s line up includes a conversation on COVID with @indianz and a #nativesonclubhouse welcome! Hope to see you there!!&quot;\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CNpnEoLrXRr\/\">\n\t\t\tNatives on Clubhouse on Instagram: &#8220;Today&#8217;s line up includes a conversation on COVID with @indianz and a #nativesonclubhouse welcome! Hope to see you there!!&#8221;\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CNpnEoLrXRr\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>9 likes, 0 comments &#8211; nativesonclubhouse on April 14, 2021: &#8220;Today&#8217;s line up includes a conversation on COVID with @indianz and a #nativesonclubhouse welcome! Hope to see you there!!&#8221;.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.cdninstagram.com\/rsrc.php\/yr\/r\/rzWiSjZRxk5.webp\" alt=\"Instagram\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tInstagram\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/oversight-hearing-examining-covid-19-response-native-communities-native-health-systems-one>Oversight Hearing \u201cExamining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Health Systems One Year Later\u201d<\/a> (April 14, 2021)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, how are Native communities doing after suffering the highest infection, hospitalization and death rates in the U.S?","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,20,1,14],"tags":[869,78,79,5,834,210,1230,653,367,368,1410,213,91,1409,6,1408,1407],"class_list":["post-10201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-117th","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-coronavirus","tag-hawaii","tag-ihs","tag-michael-toedt","tag-native-hawaiian","tag-ncuih","tag-nihb","tag-robert-onders","tag-scia","tag-senate","tag-sheri-ann-daniels","tag-urban-indians","tag-walter-murillo","tag-william-smith","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2Ex","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/14\/brianschatz-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}