OVERSIGHT HEARING on Tribal Law and Order Act One Year Later: Have We Improved Public Safety and Justice Throughout Indian Country?

Thursday, September 22 2011
2:15PM
Dirksen Senate Office Building 628

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Hearing Transcript

Witnesses

Panel #  1

Mr. Tom Perrelli
Associate Attorney General
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC

Mr. Larry Echo Hawk
Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs
United State s Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Mr. Brendan Johnson
U.S. Attorney
District of South Dakota, United State s Department of Justice, Sioux Falls , SD

Ms. Pamela S. Hyde
Administrator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Dr. Rose Weahkee
Director
Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) in the Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, Indian Health Service. Rockville, MD

Panel #  2

Mr. Troy A. Eid
Chair
Indian Law and Order Commission, Denver, CO

Panel #  3

The Honorable Ivan Posey
Council Member
Joint Business Council of the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation, Fort Washakie, WY

The Honorable Theresa M. Pouley
Chief Judge
Tulalip Tribal Court, Tulalip, WA

Ms. Jacqueline Johnson-Pata
Executive Director
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Washington, DC

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