Oversight Hearing on Youth Suicide in Indian Country

Date: February 26, 2009

Time: 10:00 AM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

The Honorable Harry Reid

Majority Leader

United States Senate, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Ms. Dana Lee Jetty

Student at Minnewaukan Public School

Member of Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation, Fort Totten, ND

Testimony

The Honorable Robert Moore

Member, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Association and Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board, Council Member

Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, SD

Testimony

Dr. R. Dale Walker, M.D.

Director

One Sky Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

Testimony

Mr. Hayes Lewis

Director, Achein Center for Life Long Education

Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Testimony

Dr. Teresa Laframboise

Associate Professor

Stanford University School of Education, Stanford, CA

Testimony

The Honorable Robert G. McSwain

Director, Indian Health Service

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

Testimony

Dr. Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H.

Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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

Testimony