Oversight Hearing

Oversight Hearing on Indian Health

Date: April 13, 2005

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Russell

Room: 485

Witnesses

Dr. Charles W. Grim

Director, Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

Testimony

Ms. A. Kathryn Power

Director, Center for Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Testimony

Ms. H. Sally Smith

Chairman

National Indian Health Board, Washington, DC

Accompanied by: Mr. J.T. Petherick, Executive Director, National Indian Health Board, Washington, DC

Testimony

The Honorable Rachel Joseph

Co-Chairperson, National Steering Committee for the Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act / Chairwoman, Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Reservation

Lone Pine, CA

Accompanied by: Mr. Buford Rolin, Vice Chairman of the Poarch Creek Band of Indians,and Co-Chairperson of the National Steering Committee for the Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Testimony

Ms. Georgiana Ignace

President

National Council on Urban Indian Health, Washington, DC

Accompanied by: Ms. Beverly Russell, Executive Director, National Council on Urban Indian Health, Washington, DC

Mr. Anslem Roanhorse

Executive Director

Navajo Nation Department of Health, Window Rock, AZ

Testimony