Oversight Hearing on Indian Education

Date: June 16, 2005

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Russell

Room: 485

Witnesses

Mr. Jim Cason

Associate Deputy Secretary for Indian Affairs

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Accompanied by: Mr. Ed Parisian, Acting Director, Office of Indian Education Programs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Testimony

Ms. Victoria Vasques

Director, Office of Indian Education

U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC

Testimony

Mr. Nick Lowery

Acting Chairman, National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education, Inc.

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Testimony

Dr. David Beaulieu

President

National Indian Education Association, Washington, DC

Testimony

Dr. Joe McDonald

President (representing American Indian Higher Education Consortium)

Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT

Testimony

Dr. Roger Bordeaux

Superintendent of Tiospa Zina Tribal School / Executive Director of the Association of Community Tribal Schools Inc.

Sisseton, SD

Testimony