COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Cheyenne River College Center
100 Lincoln Street, Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Friday, August 6, 2010
10:00 a.m. MDT
OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING ON:
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
David Talayumptewa
Assistant Deputy Director for Administration
Bureau of Indian Education
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
Panel II
The Honorable Sharon F. Lee
Vice Chair
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
The Honorable Rachel E. Bernie
Tribal Secretary
Yankton Sioux Tribe, Marty, South Dakota
Panel III
Cindy Young
Director of Education
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Rosebud, South Dakota
Dayna Brave Eagle
Director of Education
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Dr. Sherry Johnson
Superintendent
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Agency Village, South Dakota
Accompanied by:
Mr. Ted Hamilton
Tiospa Zina Tribal School
Emma Jean Blue Earth
Higher Education Director
Standing Rocks Sioux Tribe
Ft. Yates, North Dakota
Thomas Shortbull
President
Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota
Laurel Vermillion
President
Sitting Bull College
Ft. Yates, North Dakota
Additional oral testimonies were given by (from hearing audience):
Mr. R.J. Lawrence
Student
Cheyenne River High School
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Ms. Beverly M. Bowker
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Dupree, South Dakota
Ms. Hazel Red Bird
Elder
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Ms. Marcella LeBeau
Elder
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
