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On Wednesday, April 2, at 2:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), Vice Chair of the Committee, will convene an oversight hearing titled “Native American Education – Examining Federal Programs at the U.S. Department of Education.” The hearing will take place in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

WHAT:

Oversight Hearing on Native American Education.

WITNESSES:

  • MR. JASON DROPIK, Executive Director, National Indian Education Association, Washington, DC
  • MS. SYDNA YELLOWFISH, Director of Indian Education, Edmond Public Schools, Edmond, OK
  • DR. ROSITA WORL, President, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, AK
  • MS. NICOLE RUSSELL, Executive Director, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, Washington, DC
  • MS. AHNIWAKE ROSE, President and CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Alexandria, VA

WHEN:

TOMORROW, April 2, 2:30PM ET

WHERE:

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room: 628

Live video of the event will be available here.

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