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Witness list for SCIA hearing on Native language education


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The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing this Thursday on Native language education.

The hearing is titled "In Our Way: Expanding the Success of Native Language & Culture-Based Education." The witness list follows:
Panel # 1
Ms. Namaka Rawlins
Liaison, 'Aha Punana Leo ! UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language

Mr. Larry Lasley
Member, Meskwaki Settlement School Board

Mr. Alvine Parker
Principal, Ka Waihona O ka Na'auao Public Charter School

Mr. Kevin Shendo
Education Director, Pueblo of Jemez Department of Education

Panel # 2
Ms. Jana Harcharek
Director, lnupiaq Education, North Slope Borough School District

Dr. David Beaulieu
Professor and Assistant to the Provost and Vice Chancellor, American Indian Programs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Dr. Shawn Kanaiaupuni
Ph.D., Division Director, Kamehameha Schools

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on "In Our Way: Expanding the Success of Native Language & Culture-Based Education" (May 26, 2011)

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