{"id":229127,"date":"2025-09-18T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=229127"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:32:28","slug":"video-indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance-act-successes-and-opportunities-at-the-department-of-the-interior-and-the-indian-health-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/09\/18\/video-indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance-act-successes-and-opportunities-at-the-department-of-the-interior-and-the-indian-health-service\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Successes and Opportunities at the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service"},"content":{"rendered":"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
\r\nOversight Hearing titled \u201cIndian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Successes and Opportunities at the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service\u201d
\r\nDate: September 17, 2025
\r\nTime: 2:30 PM
\r\nLocation: Dirksen
\r\nRoom: 628\r\n

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Witnesses<\/div>\r\nMr. Kennis Bellmard [TESTIMONY<\/a>]
\r\nDeputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development
\r\nU.S. Department of the Interior
\r\nWashington, DC\r\n

<\/p>\r\nMr. Benjamin Smith [TESTIMONY<\/a>]
\r\nActing Director, Indian Health Service
\r\nU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
\r\nWashington, DC\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Honorable Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. [TESTIMONY<\/a>]
\r\nPrincipal Chief
\r\nCherokee Nation
\r\nTahlequah, Oklahoma\r\n

<\/p>\r\nMr. Victor Joseph [TESTIMONY<\/a>]
\r\nExecutive Director
\r\nTanana Tribal Council
\r\nTanana, Alaska\r\n

<\/p>\r\nMr. Jay Spaan [TESTIMONY<\/a>]
\r\nExecutive Director
\r\nSelf-Governance Communication and Education Tribal Consortium
\r\nTulsa, Oklahoma\r\n

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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice<\/div>\r\nOversight Hearing entitled \u201cIndian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Successes and Opportunities at the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service\u201d<\/a> (September 17, 2025)\r\n

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