Oversight Hearing

Oversight Hearing on Indian Youth Suicide

Date: May 17, 2006

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Russell

Room: 485

Witnesses

Mr. Jerry Gidner

Deputy Director for Tribal Services

Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Accompanied by: Mr. Chet Eagleman, Acting Chief, Division of Human Services

Mr. Kevin Skenandore, Acting Director, Office of Indian Education Programs

Mr. Peter Maybee, Assistant to the Deputy Bureau Director, Law Enforcement Services

Testimony

Dr. Charles W. Grim

Director, Indian Health Service

Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

Accompanied by: Mr. Jon Perez, Director, Indian Health Service, Division of Behavior Health, Rockville, MD

Testimony

Mr. Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W.

Administrator

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD

Testimony

Ms. Donna Vigil

Director, Division of Health Programs

White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, AZ

Accompanied by: Dr. Norine Ashley, PsyD, Director, Apache Behavioral Health Services, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, AZ

Mr. Frederick L. Hubbard, Associate Director, Community Relations, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, AZ

Mr. William E. Martin

Chairman, Alaska State Suicide Prevention Council

Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, AK

Testimony

Dr. R. Dale Walker, M.D.

Director, Division of Health Programs

White Mountain Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, AZ

Testimony

Ms. Jo Ann Kauffman

Project Director, Native Aspirations Project

Kauffman & Associates, Inc., Spokane, WA

Testimony