Senate Committee on Indian Afairs

Oversight Hearing “Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Education Systems One Year Later.”

Wednesday, April 28 2021 - 02:30 PM

Location: Dirksen

Room Number: 628

PANEL 1

Ms. Melissa Emrey-Arras

Director

Education-Workforce-Income Security Issues, Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC

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Mr. Tony Dearman

Director

Bureau of Indian Education, Washington, DC

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Mr. Lance West

Principal, Schurz Elementary, Schurz, NV

Vice Chairman, BIE Pyramid Lake School Board, Pyramid Lake, NV

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Dr. Kauanoe Kamana

Principal

Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u Demonstration Laboratory School, Keaau, HI

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Dr. Michelle Thomas

Superintendent

Belcourt School District, Belcourt, ND

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Committee Notice:

https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearing/oversight-hearing-examining-covid-19-response-native-communities-native-education-systems